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The act's overall impact is debateable but it has been credited with creating hundreds of thousands of jobs, particularly in the textiles sector.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2025

Wilde described the penalty as "debateable" and suggested his team might lodge a protest, but was quick to credit Yee, saying he was "chuffed" for the 24-year-old.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2022

Its debateable how many of us really need Genican, for example, a device that scans rubbish's barcodes as it is thrown away in order to build up a shopping list of replacement items.

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2017

Those may be debateable ideas in isolation, but they don't plug budget holes.

From US News ● Mar. 4, 2016

I well know, that in merely touching upon it, I tread upon delicate and debateable ground.

From Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew by Edward Berens




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