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subtle argument

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sophistry
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I think you’re making a subtle argument and it’s worth landing on it really squarely.

From Slate Dec. 19, 2025

But Uchida and Padmore also made a subtle argument that it can also be — with a clue in the first song’s cry of “O Hoffnung!” — hopeful.

From New York Times Mar. 14, 2022

But even more striking than the contrast with the Gehry building is the Broad’s subtle argument with much of recent museum design.

From Washington Post Sep. 13, 2015

But the rumpus in Britain reflects a deeper and more subtle argument dividing school staff rooms around the world—one with broader consequences.

From Economist Apr. 11, 2013

It was easy then to know how to reach each individual by literature, by persuasion or perhaps by some more subtle argument.

From Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 by Edward Mandell House




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