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Six example sentences with debunk, each labelled with its topic.
A graduate student needed one afternoon and a kitchen scale to debunk the levitation device the inventor had toured for years.
Science
Replication studies debunked the grand personality quiz, showing that its four types matched coin flips rather than anything stable.
Psychology
The short-seller's report set out to debunk a mining company whose flagship pit turned out to hold water and gravel.
Finance
Historians took a century to debunk the story of the emperor's midnight ride, which a novelist had invented.
History
The engineers debunked the viral video by showing that the floating phone was held up by a hidden thread.
Technology
A food scientist debunked the claim that searing seals in juices, weighing steaks before and after cooking.
Cooking
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