counterargument

Example Sentences

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In our era of scarce resources, wrenching cycles of flood and drought and painful cost-benefit calculations, every argument and counterargument for flooding the valley echoes even louder.

From Los Angeles Times

This counterargument is starting already, with ridiculous claims to confuse the narrative, such as that SVB’s problem was that it was too left-wing.

From Los Angeles Times

In his classes, he gives his pupils the space to express their opinions and encourages them to find counterarguments or parallels in history and international law.

From Washington Post

The counterarguments defending technology tend to have two big weaknesses.

From New York Times

This pre-Renaissance tradition was that of the disputatio, or disputation, by which university lecturers and other public pundits were expected to allow periods of time for counterarguments regarding their ideas, theories and general assertions.

From Washington Post