debate
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A worker at a nongovernmental organization in Yekaterinburg said a debate among residents of her apartment block about migrating their chat group to Max grew heated when a majority opposed it for data-privacy reasons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The justices could choose to focus on a 1952 law passed by Congress that codified birthright citizenship and not wade into the larger constitutional debate, said Stephen Yale-Loehr, an immigration law expert.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
“This is an obvious area of debate for investors and one where both sides have very pointed views,” Muse wrote.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
The event marked the first gathering of gubernatorial hopefuls since USC pulled the plug on its debate last week.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Although some semblance of the routinized mechanisms for political parties had begun to congeal during the debate over Jay's Treaty, nothing remotely resembling the organized campaign structure of modern political parties yet existed.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
