subtle argument

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I think you’re making a subtle argument and it’s worth landing on it really squarely.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

But Uchida and Padmore also made a subtle argument that it can also be — with a clue in the first song’s cry of “O Hoffnung!” — hopeful.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2022

But even more striking than the contrast with the Gehry building is the Broad’s subtle argument with much of recent museum design.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2015

But the rumpus in Britain reflects a deeper and more subtle argument dividing school staff rooms around the world—one with broader consequences.

From Economist • Apr. 11, 2013

It was easy then to know how to reach each individual by literature, by persuasion or perhaps by some more subtle argument.

From Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 by House, Edward Mandell