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  • past participle of argue.
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argued

ADJECTIVE
contested
Synonyms




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Some free speech groups have argued the issue should be addressed within existing laws under Canada's criminal code.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Some city leaders had also dinged the county for misusing homelessness money generated from a previous sales tax and argued this new pot of dollars would be handled no better.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

That’s why legal briefs in the case are riddled with citations to an obscure 1915 book by a Boston lawyer named Josiah Henry Benton, who argued that historians had overlooked the practice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Smucker has little control over coffee prices, so investors tend to ignore short-term fluctuations, Gumport argued.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

“You’re human enough for now,” Anya argued, spinning toward him.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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