debate
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When he first started experimenting with AI, tech reporter Sam Schechner used it to rewrite sonnets in the style of Snoop Dogg and debate about the nature of consciousness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The article leaves room for debate about whether Platner actually perpetrated the worst offenses, which he denies, and whether those offenses should be disqualifying for a Senate candidate.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
“The debate isn’t necessarily two candidates on one stage appealing to one person, it’s for attention and information in the same sphere,” said Spencer Slovic of Mycorrhiza Digital, who ran Roy’s digital advertising.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Tom Gordon, the MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, said North Yorkshire council were suggesting unsuitable walking routes in the rural constituency during a debate on home to school transport.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
But the key point is that the debate was not resolved so much as built into the fabric of our national identity.
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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