debate

Definition for debate

noun as in discussion of issues; consideration

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argument, contest, controversy, deliberation, dispute, match

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agitation, altercation, argumentation, cogitation, contention, controverting, dialectic, disputation, hassle, meditation, mooting, polemic, rebutting, reflection, refuting, tiff, words, wrangle

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blah-blah, forensic

verb as in argue, discuss

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answer, bicker, consider, contest, deliberate, oppose, question, wrangle

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agitate, altercate, bandy, canvass, cogitate, confab, confute, contend, controvert, demonstrate, differ, disprove, dispute, hassle, moot, pettifog, prove, reason, rebut, refute, rehash

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bump heads, chew the fat, cross swords, discept, hammer away at, hash over, have at it, kick around, knock around, lock horns, pick a bone, put up argument, set to, talk back, talk game, thrash out, toss around

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Soon after his name was announced, social media exploded into meritocracy debates as if the National Football League’s decisions are culturally motivated and not commercially.

From Los Angeles Times

Whether the festival truly permits diverse perspectives to be aired is up for debate.

From BBC

One possible source of tension may be in international coverage, primarily the war in Gaza, which has been the subject of internal debate in many newsrooms.

From Los Angeles Times

The outage triggered a broader debate that spilled into the political arena about Spain's energy model.

From BBC

But what may be even more important is the assumption driving this particular falsehood, which is to lure people into a “debate” about whether any immigrants should ever get health care.

From Salon

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