disputation
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If you’re not up to speed on the various sources of disputation in Lebanon’s history, don’t worry; writer-director Cyril Aris’s characters don’t care about politics and don’t discuss it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Luther’s theses were written in Latin as an academic/theological disputation about the practice of indulgences, which were a million miles from a freewheeling, secular, new-age fashion such as Twitter.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
Santos's angry disputation was soon undermined after Rochard released a high-quality photo which appeared to show Santos wearing the same red feathered dress as in the first image.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2023
Rather than merely presenting an interpretation of Christian thought and expecting students to absorb it verbatim, scholastic teachers used disputation with students to hone their students’ argumentative skills, insight, and logical analysis.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
According to Kuhn, revolution always brings with it disputation and conflict; since there was virtually no disputation, it is all too easy to assume that there can have been no revolution.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing disputation
The Crucible
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The Horse and His Boy
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Unit 5, Whole-Class Learning
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