refute
verb (used with object)
to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
has refuted
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present perfectof refute (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A vlogger named Jake Rosmarin who is on the MV Hondius has refuted claims that the ship is dirty, saying on social media it’s “simply not true.”
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
Art Tinoco, the Riverside County registrar of voters, has refuted that number — saying it was based on a misunderstanding of raw data that had not been fully processed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
EY has refuted the allegation, saying that Perayil was allotted work like any other employee and that it didn't believe that work pressure could have claimed her life.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024
That woman, Shannan Gilbert, was found dead in 2011 in another area, a coastal marsh, in what Suffolk County police labelled an accidental drowning, which her family has refuted.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
It was one of the speeches of a kind I said in an early letter would not be tolerated, the result has refuted me.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von D?llinger
