debate
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“It’s little wonder voters think net migration is going up when the only debate we have is about how to bring it down,” said Sunder Katwala, Director of British Future.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
And when another mayoral candidate, City Councilmember Nithya Raman, posted Trump’s praise of Pratt on social media, he responded with a snippet of himself making a dismissive face during a debate.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
"The old debate was, 'did the platform remove harmful content quickly enough?' - the new one has shifted towards, 'why did the platform show it to a child in the first place?'" he said.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
What we found concludes a centuries-long debate: skin bones have indeed independently evolved across multiple lizard lineages.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Over the course of the next four decades, the national debate over slavery and its expansion into the West was often framed as an argument over the intent of the founders.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing debate
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The Articles of Confederation (1777)
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Speech and Debate
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