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For a company that prides itself on entering categories late and defining them, Apple’s AI execution has been the exception that disproves the rule.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

In fact, the history of whaling on its own disproves the central point of “The Killing Age,” that guns were a sine qua non for the making of the modern world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

"Find some evidence that shows it couldn't be walking. Because nothing we've seen anywhere disproves that," said Lipo.

From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025

It's a looser arrangement than their previous deal - but it disproves claims that the Sussexes and Netflix are going to completely part company.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

But the great mistake of the whole doctrine creeps out at every page as we go on, and disproves the idea on which the De Oratore is founded.

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony