counter-argument
Example Sentences
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The Cut ran a counter-argument to its original column that pointed out how taxing “screen management” can be at home, and Slate bemoaned the pressure that comes with planning “summer de-escalation.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2025
My bank account would give a strong counter-argument.
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2024
If the Cowboys can get another one, Jones will have a little more fodder for his counter-argument.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023
Privately, Pentagon officials argue that such curricula are rarely taught in academy classrooms, and when they are, the counter-argument is presented soon after — an example of a proper, balanced education in America, they say.
From Washington Times • Aug. 10, 2023
The positive, the repeated, attribution of the MSS. may not be final, but requires a very serious body of counter-argument to upset it.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George