counterargument
Example Sentences
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The counterargument to tanking is simple: It’s intentional losing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
The counterargument is that you can’t make a villain out of that year’s actual champion, Max Verstappen, when Sonny drives a lot like him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025
In his latest special, Pete Holmes makes a forceful counterargument to atheist comics like Ricky Gervais who mock belief in God.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2023
The wife-and-husband team serves a strong, but never stern, counterargument to the visionaries promising that we’ll put humans on Mars in the very near future.
From Salon • Nov. 27, 2023
But Dimple knew he’d talk her down, that he’d have a good counterargument for every one of hers.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Vocabulary lists containing counterargument
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 1
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Argumentative Writing
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The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 1
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