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Six example sentences with impugn, each labelled with its topic.
Two rival labs impugned the results, arguing that the samples had been contaminated long before any measurement began.
Science
The short seller impugned the company's revenue figures, publishing a report that questioned every contract signed last year.
Finance
Later scholars impugned the diary, noting that the paper was manufactured decades after the events it claimed to record.
History
The barrister impugned the witness's account by producing a train ticket showing she was two hundred miles away that afternoon.
Law
The opposition impugned the jobs figure, pointing out that the count included positions announced but never actually filled.
Politics
Critics impugned the memoir's honesty when a schoolmate proved the famous river rescue had never taken place.
Literature
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