argument
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Comedy wins the argument again, delaying Deborah’s self-imposed deadline indefinitely.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
Don’t laugh: The labor secretary’s own lawyers, when pressed at oral argument, couldn’t rule out that a pickax used for mining remains a “mine” even when transported 5,000 miles from any extraction site.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
But to make the case that semis are not in a typical boom-bust cycle, their argument is that “compute power is becoming infrastructure like railroads, utilities and the internet.”
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
They say the charges are disproportionate and their clients' "fair trial rights were being violated", an argument the prosecutors deny.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
The tutor later wrote, “I have never yet found an answer to the argument embodied in that question.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Vocabulary lists containing argument
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 1
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Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 1-10
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