argument

Definition for argument

noun as in verbal fight

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altercation, bickering, brawl, clash, controversy, debate, disagreement, dispute, exchange, feud, quarrel, squabble

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beef, blowup, bone, brush, crusher, dustup, face-off, finisher, flap, fuss, gin, go, hassle, knockdown, out, rhubarb, romp, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to, shindy, spat, static, stew, tiff, words, wrangle

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bone of contention, bone to pick, brannigan, difference of opinion, donnybrook, falling-out, knock-down-drag-out

noun as in effort to convince; presentation of support

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assertion, case, claim, contention, debate, discussion, exchange, logic, plea, questioning, reason, reasoning

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argumentation, defense, expostulation, grounds, pleading, polemic, proof, remonstrance, remonstration

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line of reasoning

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This was a gathering of a party willing to double down on being more aggressive in making its arguments - in particular, its focus on the Reform leader Nigel Farage.

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In April, Kennedy dismissed such research and arguments as “epidemic denial.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Supreme Court's Monday ruling said the justices would hear arguments in December on overturning a 1935 decision that allowed Congress to set up independent agencies insulated from political interference.

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Tensions around the limits of free speech are nothing new and since the advent of social media in the mid-2000s, the arguments have been simmering.

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The details of the negotiations that led to Horner's settlement, and the arguments made by each party that led to the final figure, can of course not be known.

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