irrefutable

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Or maybe before attempting more sleight of hand, Obama should take a moment away from studying Lincoln's speeches and Roosevelt's fireside chats and recall the irrefutable sagacity in one of the most (in) famous Bushisms of all.

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  1. adjective Impossible to refute or disprove; incontrovertible: irrefutable arguments; irrefutable evidence of guilt.

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  • But Miss Anthony's arguments were irrefutable, and she was herself, as always, irresistible You can't win two causes at once,'' she reminded me. —  The Story of a Pioneer
  • But the proof was irrefutable, and the court unanimously condemned him of malversation and sent him into exile How old were his sons at the time Mere boys. —  EQMM, May 2005
  • Thaddeus wrote down what was known, irrefutable, absolute. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 01] - Baltimore Blues
  • Accurate, irrefutable--but also unfair Suddenly, the unicorn's ears twitched. —  Analog, July-August 2006
  • That the GOP's dying is irrefutable, as evidenced by elite-wing posts below.
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  1. = French irréfutable = Portuguese irrefutavel, from Late Latin irrefutabilis, inrefutabilis, from in- privative + refutabilis, refutable: see refutable.
 

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