arguable

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In a 17-page ruling on Tuesday, Mr Justice Chamberlain said the grounds of the proposed legal challenge were not "reasonably arguable" and that the policy was not discriminatory or "unduly stigmatising" against Freemasons.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

“He may want you to do something that is, you know, is arguable whether it’s the right path to go, but it’s a very rational approach to it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

With only two wins in eight games prior to beating Newcastle, it is arguable whether Amorim is correct to say his side have been playing well.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

And cruise ships are, for all their arguable faults, an excellent setting for forcing two strangers to spend a week together.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

It is arguable that 2 + 2 will equal 4 in any universe; and, surely, levers and balances would work in the same way in any universe.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton