debatable
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Whether that happened is debatable; what is not is that “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” also influenced him, manifesting in the lyrics’ repeated invitation to “Take a ride in the sky/On our ship, fantasize.”
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
The ecstasies of attraction are sublimated into their long conversations about Boethius and Hildegard von Bingen, or about the suddenly debatable issues of contraception and clerical celibacy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Julian Alvarez then equalised with a penalty after a debatable handball decision given against Ben White - more on that later.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
And he wanted to show that the state Supreme Court’s ruling that Pitchford’s lawyer had waived relief was not merely debatable but unreasonable even by the AEDPA’s demanding standards.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
His music became serious-minded and earnest, but it is debatable whether he changed the world.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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