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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. 

Example Sentences

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The federal review comes after a series of high-profile midair crashes and close calls reignited a nationwide debate over air safety.

From Los Angeles Times

Prediction markets are raising new questions in an age-old debate around information and free markets.

From Barron's

Demonstrators have clashed with police outside Congress in recent weeks as lawmakers debated the bill.

From The Wall Street Journal

The debate became so pronounced on X that Block CEO Jack Dorsey responded to one online critic who slammed his “managerial incompetence.”

From MarketWatch

She believes in constitutional rights but warns that framing political issues mainly in terms of competing claims of absolute rights makes our political debates more pointed and less productive.

From The Wall Street Journal