argument
Example Sentences
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In a concurring opinion, Gorsuch stated the stakes more plainly by posing a rhetorical question: If the president’s argument was given credence, then “what do we make of the Constitution’s text?”
From Salon
And in that context, to have as a last speaker, without any rebuttal of any arguments that were made, someone who just bashed Europe, right, left, and center.
Markets were largely anticipating the decision, given how oral arguments in the case had played out, and it removed an ongoing overhang that had been lurking in the background.
From Barron's
The Administration’s strongest argument is that it deserves deference on questions that implicate foreign affairs.
It was an argument for the law paying no heed to rank or royalty - and no-one being above the reach of justice.
From BBC
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