arguable

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Jack Anderson, for the Home Office, said in written submissions that the claim was "not arguable".

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

“He may want you to do something that is, you know, is arguable whether it’s the right path to go, but it’s a very rational approach to it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Giving the reasons for the refusal, the Supreme Court website said: "The application does not raise an arguable point of law of general public importance."

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

Whether or not Stone’s film was successful in that respect is arguable, but Kilmer’s performance as The Doors’ frontman certainly is not.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2025

It is arguable that 2 + 2 will equal 4 in any universe; and, surely, levers and balances would work in the same way in any universe.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton