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argument

[ahr-gyuh-muhnt] / ˈɑr gjə mənt /




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This isn’t an argument for turning every anonymous strip mall back into a village of idiosyncratic mom-and-pop shops.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Expect that argument to continue in the days and weeks ahead.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The building is a container of federal infrastructure, but the arts that imbue the Kennedy Center make the argument that inspiration itself is part of the infrastructure of our democracy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“There’s an argument, if you look at history, that 2026 feels a lot like 2006,” Sen. Steve Daines of Montana said this week.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

But he was saved from having to continue the argument when Molly cut in.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

The internet is laden with Reddit arguments and academic examinations questioning Steinbeck’s portrait of her beastliness.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

This is the time for weak, shameless arguments.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

"The public arguments that we had, I suppose, were enough," she said, and agreed with the interviewer that she had an ally in Drakeford.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“GVR” does not lead to full oral arguments or create a new precedent, but it sends a strong message.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Chapter 15 looks at the key arguments on which the relativists depend and shows that they do not do what is claimed for them.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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