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- verb Present participle of
rebut .
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Examples
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Indeed, providing arguments that other law professors are worth rebutting is a key way of contributing to legal scholarship.
The Volokh Conspiracy » New Leiter Rankings on Scholarly Impact, By School and By Professor 2010
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Boeing's letter, a copy of which was seen by The Wall Street Journal, was unusually blunt in rebutting the airlines.
Boeing, Airlines Face Off Over Aircraft-Export Loans Daniel Michaels 2010
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Indeed, providing arguments that other law professors are worth rebutting is a key way of contributing to legal scholarship.
The Volokh Conspiracy » New Leiter Rankings on Scholarly Impact, By School and By Professor 2010
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Well, considering the AP, WaPo and NY Times basically reiterate Democratic talking points on a daily basis, I see no problem in rebutting their lies.
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No man, it must be conceded by all who read this paper, could have spoken more simply and nobly over the dead at Gettysburg; more firmly, and at the same time wisely and moderately, on the question of emancipation; more tersely and unanswerably than in rebutting the charges of illegal arrests.
The Magazines 1865
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The nonsensical claim I am rebutting is that the solution to global warming is entirely a matter of government action and that consumer choices don’t matter.
Matthew Yglesias » Vancouver Suffering From Snow Shortage 2010
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The nonsensical claim I am rebutting is that the solution to global warming is entirely a matter of government action and that consumer choices don’t matter.
Matthew Yglesias » Vancouver Suffering From Snow Shortage 2010
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Mixner: why are any of these possibilities relevant in rebutting Matt’s argument?
Matthew Yglesias » Social Democracy and Global Competitiveness 2010
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Mixner: why are any of these possibilities relevant in rebutting Matt’s argument?
Matthew Yglesias » Social Democracy and Global Competitiveness 2010
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I briefly flirted with the idea of rebutting your column point-by-point but I decided it would be a complete waste of my time and energy.
Think Progress » Kentucky newspaper op-ed blows the whistle: 2006
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