- present tense form of argue (3rd person singular).
argues
Example Sentences
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Mounting yields alone won’t do it, Edwards argues, but they do “leave equity investors increasingly vulnerable to bad news such as a downturn in heady profits optimism.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
That rapid reversal argues against the idea that maternal age effects are primarily caused by the gradual buildup of cellular damage or DNA mutations associated with aging, as many researchers had previously suspected.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
As writer Freddie deBoer argues, Pangram doesn’t seem broken but does seem easy to break.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Mr. Marquis argues that Schuyler’s willingness to understand the Iroquois and to “sympathize with them as human beings” helped to sustain the alliance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
A second theory, unappealing to those Japanese who prefer the first theory, argues instead that the Yayoi transition represents a massive influx of immigrants from Korea, carrying Korean farming practices, culture, and genes.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
