debateable

Example Sentences

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Those may be debateable ideas in isolation, but they don't plug budget holes.

From US News • Mar. 4, 2016

Nevertheless, Operation Midland has - on the face of it - been at the centre of some debateable decisions, particularly with regard to Lord Bramall.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2016

Legal experts have said any actions Roush took on the bench after her original appointment expired Sept. 16 could be open to challenge by litigants because the legitimacy of her reappointment was debateable.

From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2016

More recently, Twitter says new account verification and blocking tools have made the network safer - though it's debateable whether users have yet felt a difference.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2015

The truth is that the province of each particular functionary is so clearly defined that there is no debateable ground over which ambitious rival authorities can wrangle.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various