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argument

[ahr-gyuh-muhnt] / ˈɑr gjə mənt /




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Yet we figured that the antics of Diego Maradona and David Beckham, a taste for brazen cheating, and the existence of an actual war made for a bulletproof argument.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

He is the best argument I know against everything the U.S. is currently trying to sell boys about what a man is.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

Fears of a rate hike intensified last week, after Federal Reserve minutes revealed officials had said there was an argument for raising interest rates in June.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Jackson didn’t render an ultimate decision on this question, but strongly suggested that she would side with a transgender litigant who presented this argument in a future case.

From Slate Jul. 15, 2026

It was an argument he had lost long ago.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

To get to the ground truth behind these arguments, the CIA turned to Gannon.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

The justices hear arguments behind closed doors with limited public access, with no video or live audio.

From Slate Jul. 15, 2026

“The states risk spending a lot of money and having their arguments rejected. And Paramount risks having a prolonged negotiation.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Objectively, we can pick apart other people’s arguments, especially when it comes to when to claim Social Security, but we can allow him some grace for “what ifs.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

So as Aristotle’s arguments were accepted, the Greeks were forced to reject zero, void, the infinite, and infinity.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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