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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
controvert .
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Examples
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You refer to Hylton v. United States (1796), apparently unaware that it controverts your argument.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Health Care Mandate a Direct Tax? 2010
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Do you have something that clearly controverts the overwhelming evidence gathered by the police thus far?
Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010
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United States 1796, apparently unaware that it controverts your argument.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Health Care Mandate a Direct Tax? 2010
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Do you have something that clearly controverts the overwhelming evidence gathered by the police thus far?
Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010
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What actual evidence can you provide that controverts her testimony?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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So let me ask you folks this: Is there some serious research on the subject that does shed light on the question, and that either confirms or controverts my intuition?
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This controverts directly statements made by him on numerous past occasions.
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This article argues that his underlying assumption, that the shift in the global power balance of 1945 to the current unipolar imbalance of power automatically controverts the power balance envisioned in the Charter, is not wholly borne out.
Archive 2008-07-01 Mary L. Dudziak 2008
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This article argues that his underlying assumption, that the shift in the global power balance of 1945 to the current unipolar imbalance of power automatically controverts the power balance envisioned in the Charter, is not wholly borne out.
Lim on The Great Power Balance, the United Nations, and What the Framers Intended Mary L. Dudziak 2008
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Consequently, news that controverts American foreign policy initiatives will not be published unless it is profitable to do so.
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