arguable
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Jack Anderson, for the Home Office, said in written submissions that the claim was "not arguable".
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
It's also arguable that the party would have a better idea of it than anyone, given the money was allegedly embezzled from their own coffers.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
“He may want you to do something that is, you know, is arguable whether it’s the right path to go, but it’s a very rational approach to it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
Whether or not Stone’s film was successful in that respect is arguable, but Kilmer’s performance as The Doors’ frontman certainly is not.
From Salon • Apr. 2, 2025
It is arguable that 2 + 2 will equal 4 in any universe; and, surely, levers and balances would work in the same way in any universe.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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