debate
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The Bureau of Street Lighting, with 177 employees and a relatively modest budget of $49.4 million, would seem an unlikely player in the broader debate over police surveillance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Can Lionel Messi, at the age of 38, settle any lingering debate about his status as the greatest player of all time by leading Argentina to a second consecutive World Cup title?
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
It isn’t true, although one of the marvelous aspects of Ms. Hall’s consistently seductive portrayal is Claire’s interior debate over her feelings for Kyle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Now, the debate is how to compete within the new system that voters successfully demanded.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
The scientific debate about the brain, though, has moved on.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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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