counterargument
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“The counterargument is that a return to diplomacy would reduce the risk of further monetary tightening and support risk appetite, reversing the USD’s gains,” DBS says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The only real difference is Fifa did put its counterargument forward in the early hours of Friday - along with an assertion its "planned consultation process was disrupted by incorrect media reports".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
If their views diverged, they listened to each other instead of silently preparing a counterargument.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
But prominent economist Torsten Sløk is floating a counterargument that inflation may not fall as expected.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Olbers’s counterargument was that the light from distant stars would be dimmed by absorption by intervening matter.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
Wall Street also had more time to digest the Citrini scenario and offer counterarguments.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Its edge comes from speed and breadth — reviewing more scenarios, more counterarguments and more data in much less time.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 25, 2026
Critics of private equity, though, offer several counterarguments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
Prosecutors can also seek an indictment before a grand jury, a move that limits what counterarguments defense attorneys can put forth and protects witnesses from cross-examination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
Where we are opposed, as we surely will be, this must be the basis of all our counterarguments.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 1
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