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argue

[ahr-gyoo] / ˈɑr gju /




Usage

What are other ways to say argue? To argue is to present one's reasons for or against a thing: The scientists argued for a safer testing procedure; it may also imply disputing in an angry or excited way: His parents argue all the time. To discuss is to present varied opinions and views: to discuss ways and means. To debate is to interchange formal (usually opposing) arguments, especially on public questions: to debate a proposed amendment.

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Some ecologists argue an intermix of invasive grasses and chaparral creates the most dangerous fire potential.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

You could argue that the managers of costlier ETFs are just charging whatever the market will bear, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Social media firms argue the potential risks are being overstated and that they already provide users with effective safety tools.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The activists may argue that the post was not in earnest, and that no one involved ever seriously intended to bring pills into Texas.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Mutti tried to argue with him, to let her go after Marlene.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Benslimane argues that her privileged background and access to political networks distinguish her from many Moroccan women who have fewer opportunities to enter public life.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Johnson argues that in doing so, Congress did not eliminate district court jurisdiction over constitutional challenges to the statutes themselves.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

EchoStar shares have room to surge as much as 67%, argues a newly bullish J.P.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The show argues that Lichtenstein—a figurehead of “appropriation art” before it was a term—embraced subjects and styles used my mass media in ways that make his work “strikingly prescient and remarkably relevant.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

In order to heal a family, the next generation, or society, she argues, “It’s vital to make the connecting thread between the past and the present.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The new allegation came in a filing where federal prosecutors argued that Abdulrahman Alfozan, the 35-year-old accused of bugging a restricted OpenAI conference room, should be kept in custody because he is a flight risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

But he argued that his team's actions were justified.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

His attorneys had argued that the escape was instigated by a former Luster attorney who frightened him into running for his life, repeatedly telling him he’d be killed in prison.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Justice Samuel Alito further argued that the law was “based on the technology of the 1980s,” when people had to “go to a Blockbuster store and get a VHS tape.”

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

They argued briefly about whether the T. rex skull could be considered art.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

A Presbyterian seminarian, Talarico has sought to attract independents and Republicans disillusioned with Trump, arguing that Texans have more in common than the country's increasingly bitter political divisions suggest.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Neighbors came out and crowded around, arguing with ICE agents, who were detaining a woman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Bessent pointed to continued American intelligence and military assistance, arguing that Washington was seeking a negotiated end to the war.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

In a 1998 essay, “Population Growth: Disaster or Blessing?,” the prominent development economist Lord Peter Bauer pushed back, arguing that people made family-planning decisions in their own interests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

And hot as I was, I decided that arguing with her would be about as useful as squabbling with the striped wallpaper.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan


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