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debate

[dih-beyt] / dɪˈbeɪt /




Usage

What are other ways to say debate? To debate is to interchange formal (usually opposing) arguments, especially on public questions: to debate a proposed amendment. To argue is to present one's reasons: 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 discuss is to present varied opinions and views: to discuss ways and means. 

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When he first started experimenting with AI, tech reporter Sam Schechner used it to rewrite sonnets in the style of Snoop Dogg and debate about the nature of consciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The article leaves room for debate about whether Platner actually perpetrated the worst offenses, which he denies, and whether those offenses should be disqualifying for a Senate candidate.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

“The debate isn’t necessarily two candidates on one stage appealing to one person, it’s for attention and information in the same sphere,” said Spencer Slovic of Mycorrhiza Digital, who ran Roy’s digital advertising.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

And that sensitivity comes as the perennial debate about English identity has taken on a harder edge since February last year.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The more romantic case for the Potomac entered the debate duringMadison’s initial speech against the Susquehanna site.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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