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counterargument

[kaun-ter-ahr-gyuh-muhnt] / ˈkaʊn tərˌɑr gjə mənt /




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The only real difference is Fifa did put its counterargument forward in the early hours of Friday - along with an assertion its "planned consultation process was disrupted by incorrect media reports".

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

If their views diverged, they listened to each other instead of silently preparing a counterargument.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

But prominent economist Torsten Sløk is floating a counterargument that inflation may not fall as expected.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

To be sure, one counterargument to the “good enough” narrative is that bin Laden envisioned al-Qaida as “the base” on which other groups could then build their Islamist groups and overthrow secular states.

From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026

Already, however, there was a counterargument brewing in the recesses of my own conscience.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Wall Street also had more time to digest the Citrini scenario and offer counterarguments.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

Its edge comes from speed and breadth — reviewing more scenarios, more counterarguments and more data in much less time.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 25, 2026

Critics of private equity, though, offer several counterarguments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025

Once the harassment campaign started to get more national attention, thousands of feminists logged on to defend the targets, flooding Twitter with memes and counterarguments that recognized the true villains as the Gamergaters themselves.

From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2024

When at last Lola spoke her tone was reflective, as though she were pondering subtle currents of counterarguments.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan


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