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disputable

[dih-spyoo-tuh-buhl, dis-pyoo-] / dɪˈspju tə bəl, ˈdɪs pjʊ- /


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Even if the government has simply a facially plausible case against Fulton County—which, to be clear, is disputable here—Briffault says that courts are typically reluctant to shut down such federal actions.

From Slate May 8, 2026

Its effectiveness is scarcely disputable: The Commonwealth Fund estimates that the vaccine averted about 1.1 million American deaths from COVID-19 and more than 10.3 million hospitalizations this year.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 26, 2021

What wasn’t disputable is that instead of Seattle having first-and-10 at the Arizona 11, and possibly finally rattling McCoy some, the Cardinals instead had it back to punt on fourth down.

From Seattle Times Nov. 21, 2021

How accountable are we for high school actions, when this is clearly a disputable high school action?

From Salon Sep. 19, 2018

The usefulness of an opinion is itself matter of opinion: as disputable, as open to discussion, and requiring discussion as much, as the opinion itself.

From On Liberty by Mill, John Stuart




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