debate
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Debate clips rack up millions of views across Instagram and TikTok.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
Debate that day led to the drawing up of the Inverness Formula which guided later discussions on the treaty creating the Irish Free State.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
Kelly’s lawyers also argue the senator’s statements are protected by the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause, which gives lawmakers immunity from civil or criminal proceedings that seek to hold them liable for legislative acts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Debate over the path ahead for the Federal Reserve’s interest rates and associated liquidity tightening has been one key factor weighing on markets.
From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025
Debate started and I rose and explained what the clubs had meant to young writers and begged for their continuance.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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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