discuss
Usage
What are other ways to say discuss?
To discuss is to present varied opinions and views in consideration of a matter: to discuss ways and means. To argue is to present one's reasons for or against a thing: The scientists argued for a safer testing procedure; it may also imply disputing in an angry or excited way: His parents argue all the time. To debate is to interchange formal (usually opposing) arguments, especially on public questions: to debate a proposed amendment.
Example Sentences
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Today we discuss political forecasting, death and taxes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
They discuss the blockbuster end-of-term Supreme Court decisions that arrived in June—and Neil Gorsuch’s role in them.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
SAITAMA, Japan—The Bank of Japan remains alert to inflation risks and will discuss the need to tighten policy, Deputy Gov. Ryozo Himino said, as markets increasingly bet that the next rate hike is near.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
If you feel you would benefit from vitamin C supplements, discuss this with your GP.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
The first day is always on a Monday and both families meet and discuss important details.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Another group discusses how “One Battle After Another” features the most Nissan Sentra SE-R content of any movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The book comments on the manipulations Grossman’s pieces were subjected to and discusses how efforts to find earlier drafts of the publications in Russian archives have been unsuccessful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The sold-out show called Cartwheel, which Knox will perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, discusses motherhood and how she will explain the case to her daughter.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
In this week’s Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick continues the “By the People” series, in which she discusses the landmark 2015 marriage-equality decision Obergefell with co-host Mark Joseph Stern and gay rights advocate Marc Solomon.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
He can't explain it exactly, but there's something about his eyes, their reaction when the class discusses National Socialism, as if Herr Meins isn't really a Nazi at heart but does not dare say so.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Before it ended in December 2024, the “Eras Tour” rearranged cities that it visited and rejiggered the way that pop fans discussed album cycles and stylistic shifts.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
In his keynote address at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium, Warsh discussed his views on the current economic conditions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
PayPal Holdings may have to go it alone as a new report says that a widely discussed takeover pursuit is now off the table.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
The overlap figures to be among the most discussed subjects among central bankers on the sidelines of the Kansas City Fed’s annual symposium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Whatever, there is no doubt that when Halley did visit Newton they discussed planetary orbits and the inverse square law.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
The company had viewed the Stripe/Advent offer as insufficient, and the two sides had been discussing a higher price, The Wall Street Journal reported in August.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Some in Kyiv are discussing whether to move temporarily to the countryside if conditions in the capital get too bad this winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Oman, which sits on the other side of Hormuz from Iran, has been discussing with Tehran a temporary transit corridor to enable traffic to resume.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
“We’re just trying stuff and seeing if it sticks,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, the director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University, when discussing the conspiracy theories.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
“At Cape Gelidonya,” Bass later explained, “as in all future excavations, we spent a lot more time discussing what we were going to do than actually doing it on the sea bottom.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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