debate
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The debate quickly spilled into readers’ comments on The Times’ coverage of the project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
We invited him to debate Jeffrey Kessler, co-lead attorney for the athlete plaintiffs in the House case that created this brave new world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Even so, physicists have continued to debate whether complex numbers are truly a fundamental part of nature or simply a convenient mathematical tool.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
In Tuesday’s primary debate, El-Sayed took a dig at Republican candidate Mike Rogers’ campaign posting an AI-enhanced image of their candidate.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Nighthand looked like he might be about to debate that, but Irian raised her eyebrows, and he fell silent.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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“It’s crazy, ever since we opened, there’s at least four or five subreddit debates about this sandwich,” Grigoryan said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The hearing featured lengthy debates over the admissibility of evidence - with media lawyers and Kirk representatives arguing passionately for everything to be displayed publicly or at least in the courtroom.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
It then examined these provisions’ original public meaning, gleaned from the Federalist Papers, Constitutional Convention records and state ratifying convention debates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Today, those once-bizarre concepts have moved far beyond philosophical debates.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
A high percentage of the Norfolk Prison Colony inmates went in for “intellectual” things, group discussions, debates, and such.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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The new tranche includes modest income-tax reductions and a commitment to push ahead with previously debated tweaks to the German equivalent of Social Security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Whether quantum mechanics applies only to tiny particles or also to larger objects has been debated since the early days of the field.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
The bill was brought to the assembly floor by Alliance Party MLA Éoin Tennyson, but Stormont politicians have debated the issue of gay conversion practices before.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
But Quinones, last season's Saudi Pro League golden boot winner, has been making waves on the left wing - and could cause problems in England's highly debated right-back position in the high Mexican altitute.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
And since Las Casas historians, clerics, and political activists have debated whether Europeans and their descendants in the Americas are morally culpable for the enormous Indian losses.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Investors have also been debating whether memory-chip makers can escape their historic boom-bust cycles as AI demand skyrockets.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
As a result, scientists spent decades debating between two possible structural models.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
It could be telling how much Warsh signals his support of other banks’ communication styles, especially with other central bankers debating best practices and how different approaches should evolve.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
The event started with the Crown of Scotland being escorted down the Royal Mile from Edinburgh Castle before the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland brass ensemble performed a fanfare in the debating chamber.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The captains of the two parties seemed to be bringing up the rear, debating as they went.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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