"discovery" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- This discovery contradicted the conventional belief of the time that the blood flows from the heart via the arteries as well as the veins.
- His discovery contradicted the previous theoretical predictions based on the kinetic theory of gases.
- She has also claimed that her discoveries have been suppressed by "the Jews and the Catholics" because the discovery of Atlantis would contradict the teachings of the Bible.
- But the discovery of any plutonium at all contradicts previous assertions, the consultants said.
- Paleontologists said the discovery contradicted widely held theories that carnivorous dinosaurs got smaller as they evolved more birdlike characteristics.
- This discovery contradicted theories that planet formation was only possible around young stars.
- For example, Copernicus' discovery contradicted Aristotle's idea of an Earth-centric universe.
- The discovery that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol on a regular basis is actually good for one's health contradicts everything I heard about alcohol when I was young.
- These discoveries contradict the classical hypothesis that the modern behaviour emerged only 40,000 years ago and was reached through a "large cultural leap".
- That discovery contradicted the contentions of behavioral psychologists, who said all behavior arose from stimuli or reflexes.
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