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argument

[ahr-gyuh-muhnt] / ˈɑr gjə mənt /




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"I've heard the argument, 'If we're in permanent DST, we can just delay the school start time to address these issues,'" de la Iglesia said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

During Tuesday’s argument, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh voiced dismay over how this case arose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

He had been making a similar argument as Stevens for weeks, though he wasn’t willing to go quite so far as to cross party lines.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

People “keep pointing to the floodgates argument, but I rarely see it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

There was no more argument, not about Marlene, who had disappeared into the night by now, and not about returning home to the shelter.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Judge Cormann did not accept many of her arguments, and said Silvey's offending was extremely serious.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The ruling — forceful, unequivocal and based on several of the same arguments made by Bennett and Sanchez — was cheered by state officials and voting rights groups.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The judge said the Alexanders’ arguments about rehabilitation rang hollow because they hadn’t admitted what they had done was wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Cancellations, missed check-ins and arguments over what the hotel promised are harder.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Each person’s clothes and blankets must be washed once a week, or we have more arguments over smell than from the bucket.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron


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