devil's advocate
Example Sentences
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Playing devil’s advocate: He may be responding to a new person in his home who is being kind and helpful.
From MarketWatch
On the contrary, it will encourage students to explore dissenting ideas, even if only as a “devil’s advocate.”
At the same time, he says, “in science, it’s good to play a bit of devil’s advocate” rather than overpromise a result that turns out to be incorrect.
From Scientific American
“If I’m playing devil’s advocate, I think there are a lot of positive things that the majors can do on an international basis in terms of plugging in their overseas infrastructure to help activate audiences for songs and for artists,” Grainge says in a later interview, softening his initial chest-beating about indies versus majors.
From Los Angeles Times
Roberts may have been playing devil’s advocate.
From Washington Post
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