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Wiktionary
- v. third-person singular simple present indicative form of controvert.
Etymologies
- From controversy.
Examples
“You refer to Hylton v. United States (1796), apparently unaware that it controverts your argument.”
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“Do you have something that clearly controverts the overwhelming evidence gathered by the police thus far?”
“United States 1796, apparently unaware that it controverts your argument.”
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“What actual evidence can you provide that controverts her testimony?”
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“So let me ask you folks this: Is there some serious research on the subject that does shed light on the question, and that either confirms or controverts my intuition?”
“Consequently, news that controverts American foreign policy initiatives will not be published unless it is profitable to do so.”
“This controverts directly statements made by him on numerous past occasions.”
“This article argues that his underlying assumption, that the shift in the global power balance of 1945 to the current unipolar imbalance of power automatically controverts the power balance envisioned in the Charter, is not wholly borne out.”
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“In fact, the comprehensive research agenda for 2008 controverts the very notion that emerging technology is anywhere near the forefront of topics selected.”
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“But there are arguments that neither controverts monotheism.”
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