devil's advocate
Example Sentences
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Playing devil’s advocate: He may be responding to a new person in his home who is being kind and helpful.
From MarketWatch
On the contrary, it will encourage students to explore dissenting ideas, even if only as a “devil’s advocate.”
A devil’s advocate might argue that these assumptions themselves are a characteristic of a late bull market, when everyone is kicking themselves for not being 100% — or 150% — invested in stocks.
From MarketWatch
So to play devil’s advocate, we’ve already lost to gerrymandering in the U.S. and California just doesn’t know it.
From Los Angeles Times
Sometimes they play devil’s advocate.
From Salon
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