debate
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Pratt stole the show early in a recent debate.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
And when another mayoral candidate, City Councilmember Nithya Raman, posted Trump’s praise of Pratt on social media, he responded with a snippet of himself making a dismissive face during a debate.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Tuchel's reign has been dominated by debate over who will be his number 10.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
What we found concludes a centuries-long debate: skin bones have indeed independently evolved across multiple lizard lineages.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
The full and better-recorded salvo came late in 1800 and early in 1801, during the debate in the House of Representatives over the presidential deadlock between Burr and Jefferson.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing debate
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The Articles of Confederation (1777)
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Speech and Debate
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