counterargument

Example Sentences

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The bots possess an exhausting reflex to present both sides of every issue, creating a false, artificial balance even when the counterargument is absurd.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

And sometimes they are simply the byproduct of a legal system that evolves through argument, counterargument, and the slow accretion of doctrine.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2025

They ran into every argument and counterargument that have tugged, pulled and paralyzed other communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

“The counterargument is, you know, ‘Aren’t you promoting a constitutional crisis?’

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2024

Already, however, there was a counterargument brewing in the recesses of my own conscience.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama