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polemics

[puh-lem-iks, poh-] / pəˈlɛm ɪks, poʊ- /




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"A Kingdom that counters polemics and resignation through friendship and a culture of encounter. Let us believe once again in love, moderation and good politics."

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

What Mr. Restall means is that the great explorer is still at the center of a swarm of unresolved polemics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Apart from fierce polemics, the election has generated widespread confusion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

One of the more recent and ballyhooed polemics against Roosevelt was "The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression," a 2007 bestseller by Amity Shlaes.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2023

Was it not a word, thanks to Pascal, irretrievably associated with religious polemics of the sort that the members of the Royal Society were determined to avoid?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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