discourse
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The think tanks and analysts who shaped that discourse were wrong about nearly everything and were rewarded with more airtime.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
And thereby such major religions as Hinduism—the world’s third-largest faith—are excluded from human-rights discourse, international bodies and religious-freedom monitoring organizations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Credit where credit is due, though, he’s already made a mark on the political discourse that will have the staying power of a jagged scar.
From Slate • May 7, 2026
He laments the absence of such discourse in the Villages; people either don't talk politics, he says, or only discuss it with those they know well or are certain to share their views.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
The public discourse regarding “missing black fathers” closely parallels the debate about the lack of eligible black men for marriage.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing discourse
Othello
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Rhetoric
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Grade 11, List 3
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