- present tense form of argue (3rd person singular).
argues
Example Sentences
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KBW argues that the valuation is rich but is positive on the fundamentals of Canadian banks thanks to their scale in the domestic market and their strategies for penetrating the U.S. market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Watch: Eighteen-year-old woman argues her case for a divorce, saying her "honour and dignity have already been ruined"
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“I went to extremely conservative school in an extremely conservative family,” argues their daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Mounting yields alone won’t do it, Edwards argues, but they do “leave equity investors increasingly vulnerable to bad news such as a downturn in heady profits optimism.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Moushumi argues that a name like hers is a curse, complains that no one can say it properly, that the kids at school pronounced it Moosoomi and shortened it to Moose.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
