rebuttal
an act of rebutting, as in a debate.
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How to use rebuttal in a sentence
Paytm’s fresh announcement of the program this week, however, portrays it as a direct rebuttal to Google, which blocks alternative app stores on its platform.
Tech firms in India coalesce around a common foe: Google’s ‘monopoly’ | Grady McGregor | October 6, 2020 | FortuneSome of the responses to claims made by Hindenburg, which stands to gain from Nikola shares falling, are more so counterarguments than rebuttals.
Nikola releases fuller denial of short seller Hindenburg’s allegations | radmarya | September 14, 2020 | FortuneChairman and founder Trevor Milton had vowed earlier Friday to issue a detailed rebuttal after “working through the night.”
Nikola shares slump after blanket denial of short-seller report | radmarya | September 11, 2020 | FortuneEven Jerry Seinfeld weighed in, writing a rebuttal in the New York Times this week.
It didn’t take too long for Google to issue a rebuttal to the rebuttal.
Explained: Google’s tussle in Australia over paying publishers for news | Lara O'Reilly | August 19, 2020 | Digiday
This dad read it as the latter and wrote his own lyrical rebuttal to the tune.
Competitive Eaters, Breaking Bad in Space, and More Viral Videos | Alex Chancey | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne way to start: Time the release of the Senate report to coincide with the release of a CIA rebuttal.
Never Forget? The CIA Report and the Problem With Hindsight | Philip Mudd | March 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut I believe the report should be declassified along with the CIA rebuttal.
He denied, however, that Steadfast Jazz was in any way a rebuttal to Zapad-13.
On Monday, Chris returned to his own MSNBC show to deliver an after-the-fact rebuttal.
Certainly such an attitude would be a timely rebuttal of the anti-colonization sentiment of the Negro ministry in general.
Then the question that the man had asked in rebuttal to his own penetrated the manager's mind, and he became puzzled.
Thin Edge | Gordon Randall GarrettBut it was against Mr. Colbrith's principles to let a man off with a single rebuttal.
Empire Builders | Francis LyndeIn spite of her haughty rebuttal of the charge against her husband, she was wounded and oppressed by it.
Brooke's Daughter | Adeline SergeantIn debating, this repulse, this destruction of the arguments of the opposition, is called refutation or rebuttal.
Elements of Debating | Leverett S. Lyon
Cultural definitions for rebuttal
A reply intended to show fault in an opponent's argument.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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