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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Representatives of 15 member states joined this one-day meeting to discuss processes to send back Afghan nationals who had no legal right to remain in the EU.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The next day, Bass joined Smiley to walk around the site and discuss the project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, David, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss whether the benefits of the Flock surveillance network are worth its tradeoffs.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
But somewhere between the “you go, girl” and #MeToo eras emerged a dishonesty around how we discuss women’s bodies.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Cassano nevertheless agreed to meet with all the big Wall Street firms and discuss the logic of their deals—to investigate how a bunch of shaky loans could be transformed into triple-A-rated bonds.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
In this week’s episode of The Envelope podcast, Chase Infiniti discusses her meteroic rise, her Emmy nomination for “The Testaments” and nurturing the ambition to become an actor since age 10.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Columnist Nicole Nguyen discusses how that’s eroding our sense of reality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 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
Next week is teen week, the time of month when Amu discusses topics of interest to young people on his website, and there’s always a host of interesting questions that his blog posts generate.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
It comes after a potential ban was first discussed at an emergency Cobra meeting on the government's response to record temperatures earlier this week.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
UN officials insist all issues were discussed, and that subsequent meetings included their participation.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Alphabet’s top scientist discussed the proposed new entity with heads of other AI labs and Trump administration officials including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
RBC commodity strategist Chris Looney has discussed how the recent stabilization in gold flows could be “a function of post-consolidation dip-buying and the market pricing in Iran-related uncertainty.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
To others, she was simply a legend—only dimly remembered but still discussed.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
“Art film” is a bit of a dirty term, frequently offered with a sneer when discussing a work so dripping with pretension that even an Airblade wouldn’t be of any help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"It was a galvanising moment for him," Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for the New York Times, said in a recent interview, external when discussing both the Iranian plots and assassination attempts of 2024.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
People rely heavily on language when presenting a problem, discussing possible solutions, or explaining how they reached a conclusion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The following morning, on the train back to London, people could be overheard complimenting the play and discussing its big revelations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Twig, Dari, and I spent the rest of the weekend discussing our egg drop plans—except Wednesday, which is now officially Doris Day, unfortunately.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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