debate
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After the June 2024 debate and the discourse that followed, she writes that “the biggest lesson” was “that if you don’t explain something well enough then the question won’t go away.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The campaign had been mostly sleepy until Pratt, who has his own extensive Hollywood ties, put in a solid debate performance on live television.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Peru's right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori promised on Sunday to crack down on crime, while leftist Roberto Sanchez vowed to tackle the "political mafia," in the final debate before the country's June 7 runoff election.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Addressing the debate around phones in theatres more broadly, she said she was still "totally behind audiences filming the bows", however, and supported the idea that people should be able to capture curtain calls.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Inadvertently, he’d opened up a debate with his own investors, which he counted among his least favorite activities.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing debate
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The Articles of Confederation (1777)
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Speech and Debate
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