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disputable

[dih-spyoo-tuh-buhl, dis-pyoo-] / dɪˈspju tə bəl, ˈdɪs pjʊ- /


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Even if the government has simply a facially plausible case against Fulton County—which, to be clear, is disputable here—Briffault says that courts are typically reluctant to shut down such federal actions.

From Slate May 8, 2026

And because so many people listen, what Rogan says matters, sometimes leading otherwise more professionally boring journalists to write about the particular stuff he says that’s controversial or disputable.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2021

How accountable are we for high school actions, when this is clearly a disputable high school action?

From Salon Sep. 19, 2018

Afghanistan has long been called the “graveyard of empires” — for so long that it is unclear who coined that disputable term.

From New York Times Aug. 29, 2017

Australia is, perhaps, the country from which we have a right to expect the fullest elucidation of these difficult and disputable problems.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh




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