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debatable

[dih-bey-tuh-buhl] / dɪˈbeɪ tə bəl /


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America will remain immensely powerful, but its ability and willingness to act in this way seems increasingly debatable.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

The principle: Even if the merits of securities class actions were debatable, shareholders’ right to decide how disputes are handled shouldn’t be.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Whether seeing a film like this in a theater will do any more than remind audiences how little things have changed is debatable.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

And he wanted to show that the state Supreme Court’s ruling that Pitchford’s lawyer had waived relief was not merely debatable but unreasonable even by the AEDPA’s demanding standards.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

His music became serious-minded and earnest, but it is debatable whether he changed the world.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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