rebuttal
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She got more and more frustrated, to the point that when Bass was allowed time for a rebuttal, she dejectedly proclaimed, “I haven’t been offered that in a lot of this debate.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Ferrari has been making lower weekly highs since a strong rebuttal at the round $500 mark following a 21% weekly decline last October.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
They are safer, in a sense: less vulnerable to factual rebuttal and more deeply rooted in personal experience.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
Does the judge have an obligation to solicit rebuttal, or is it counsel’s job to insist on giving it?
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
The author was invited to reply, and wrote a rebuttal called—of course—“Leave Leave Leave Your Language Alone Alone Alone.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing rebuttal
Argumentative Writing
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Rhetoric
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 1
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