disavowal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of disavowal
Example Sentences
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It is literature about a disavowal of literature: an illusion of a book that cannot be written.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
“It’s been sad to see the disavowal of every policy position he ever stood for,” says a former senior White House official from the first term who worked with Hassett.
From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025
Even with ACEP’s disavowal, courts may be reluctant to reopen resolved cases, said Jim Davy, a civil rights lawyer in Philadelphia.
From Scientific American • Oct. 16, 2023
She has since publicly repudiated Putin, adding that her disavowal put her Russian family at risk.
From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2022
For that reason, “the disavowal required of me by Col Burr, in a general and indefinite form, was out of my power.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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