argument
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Why, the argument goes, should people then be expected to pay taxes on that “phantom gain” from which they derived no real boost to their wealth?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Before Sept. 11 became an argument about war, security, patriotism or political allegiance, it was an encounter with human vulnerability and then human resilience.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
One argument is that the current top 10 - Sinner and Alcaraz aside - is weaker than it has been for a while.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Still, Gates rejected the argument that competition with China makes meaningful regulation impossible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Dad had found the flaw in my argument.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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In May, the California Supreme Court ordered the attorney general’s office to respond to the arguments and assigned the case to a superior court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Public memory describes how collective meaning gets made and remade through stories, institutions, rituals and political arguments.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
His team has also created models designed to account for everyday disruptions, including stress, arguments, and pressures coming from outside the relationship.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
While the footage vindicates the VAR's decision, it may not end the arguments about the decision to rule out the goal.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
In his version of Book I of On the Revolutions the arguments that could be adduced against the movement of the Earth are given a more prominent position.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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