How to Use rebuttal in a Sentence

rebuttal

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  • Now back to the rebuttal of the dissent found in the main opinion.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • Bieber has yet to issue a rebuttal or comment on the size of his brain.
    — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The company is prepared to present its rebuttal to claims that may be in the book.
    — Kate Aurthur, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • One of the most pungent rebuttals of that view comes from Beard.
    — Zachary Karabell, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2019
  • The unions have until next week to submit a rebuttal to the city’s response.
    — David Garrick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 June 2017
  • The process had been largely the same for the Democratic rebuttal.
    — The Washington Post, cleveland.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Once the business responds, the consumer has the chance to respond with a rebuttal.
    — Cassie Cope, charlotteobserver, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The best ones are able to meet every rejection with a rebuttal of their own.
    — Nick Leighton, Forbes, 11 May 2021
  • Likens, as a rebuttal, will tell them to turn on the Maryland game.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2023
  • That opened the door for a Cougars rebuttal in the final six minutes of the period.
    — Houston Chronicle, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The deadline for the House’s rebuttal is noon on Tuesday.
    — Lindsay Wise, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Commenters were quick to point out that this rebuttal was self-serving.
    — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Henrik went second, so there was no chance for a rebuttal.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
  • This is not a rebuttal or counterargument to any of that.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Toss him a clever line and expect an even cleverer rebuttal.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2021
  • The former student’s lawyers, in a rebuttal filed this week, are asking how that could be.
    — Josh Kovner, courant.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Of course, here with a rebuttal is Groundskeeper Willie.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 24 Mar. 2017
  • Price hasn’t provided a detailed rebuttal to the charges.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
  • The statement led to rebuttals from opposition politicians and those in his own ranks.
    — Tara John, Time, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The strategy’s resilience is a rebuttal to the many critics who have been calling for its demise for some time.
    — Gregor Stuart Hunter, Bloomberg.com, 22 Nov. 2020
  • As a rebuttal, the government used the analogy of hiding a house key under a door mat.
    — Maya Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2022
  • The hotel will be able to present a rebuttal at a board hearing set for Sept. 7.
    — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 30 Aug. 2023
  • For artists who speak out against merch cuts, the most common rebuttal is to simply play different venues.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Each side will be allowed three minutes for rebuttal, instead of two.
    — Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 2 June 2017
  • The rebuttal to all this is that the Grammys don't matter, so who wins is not important.
    — Eliza Thompson, Seventeen, 13 Feb. 2017
  • One common rebuttal to the call for inclusion is that the Oscars are already too long.
    — Daniel Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The defense’s rebuttal might be summed up as: Don’t believe your eyes.
    — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The defense was to finish on Tuesday, with time for rebuttal by Greer.
    — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The government's attorneys twice got to speak, both before and then in rebuttal of the defense.
    — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • But it was clearly intended as a rebuttal to his comments.
    — Kevin Freking, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021

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