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as in disputes
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
the couple's arguments were often loud enough to be heard all over the neighborhood
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as in explanations
a statement given to explain a belief or act
gave a solid argument for the redeeming value of the shockingly violent movie
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as in discussions
an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue
the president of the Senate has allotted a week for the argument of the treaty
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as in contentions
an idea or opinion that is put forth in a discussion or debate
it's my argument that we have too many problems here on earth to concern ourselves with manned trips to Mars
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Recent Examples of arguments
Trump had campaigned on restricting birthright citizenship, arguing that the citizenship clause had been misinterpreted, and attended the April 2026 oral arguments in a first for a sitting president.
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Mike Snider,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Now, after oral arguments in January, the laws will be protected.
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Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
The 6-3 decision is a blow to Trump, who had lobbied the court to uphold his Day 1 order and attended oral arguments in the case, becoming the first sitting president to do so.
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Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
30 June 2026
The justices will hear arguments in the cases in its next term, which begins in October.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
The justices had already rejected these arguments in 2018 with very similar technologies at issue.
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Anne Toomey McKenna,
The Conversation,
30 June 2026
The arguments in Idaho’s case centered around whether barring transgender women and girls from participating in women’s and girls sports violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
30 June 2026
Built in 1919 and crowned with a gold-leaf clock tower, the Colonial Revival town hall had hosted civic arguments for generations.
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Jonathan Tower,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Attorneys posed dueling accounts of Payton and Martin’s roles in the deadly 2022 K Street shootings as closing arguments resumed Wednesday in the pair’s murder trial in Sacramento Superior Court.
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Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Now, after oral arguments in January, the laws will be protected.
—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
The 6-3 decision is a blow to Trump, who had lobbied the court to uphold his Day 1 order and attended oral arguments in the case, becoming the first sitting president to do so.
—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
30 June 2026
The justices will hear arguments in the cases in its next term, which begins in October.
—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
The justices had already rejected these arguments in 2018 with very similar technologies at issue.
—
Anne Toomey McKenna,
The Conversation,
30 June 2026
The arguments in Idaho’s case centered around whether barring transgender women and girls from participating in women’s and girls sports violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
30 June 2026
Built in 1919 and crowned with a gold-leaf clock tower, the Colonial Revival town hall had hosted civic arguments for generations.
—
Jonathan Tower,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Attorneys posed dueling accounts of Payton and Martin’s roles in the deadly 2022 K Street shootings as closing arguments resumed Wednesday in the pair’s murder trial in Sacramento Superior Court.
—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arguments
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Showdowns over international inspectors caused years of disputes between the US and Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and more recently Iran.
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Council members ultimately said the purpose of the sister city program was to build relationships between communities, not to settle international political disputes.
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Some explanations of bodily difference were obviously wrong, such as physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence Benjamin Rush’s conviction that the dark skin of African Americans was a disease, derived from leprosy.
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The Mass, rich in velvet and gold-trimmed vestments, chanting and incense, was livestreamed on the society’s YouTube channel, with simultaneous explanations in several languages.
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Harry's decision comes amid ongoing discussions with the royal family to acquire an appropriate level of security for his family, including Meghan Markle and their two children, Princess Lilibet, 5, and Prince Archie, 7.
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More than 70 students heard directly from Holocaust survivors and educators before participating in smaller breakout discussions.
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At the time, Sackler offered no response to these contentions.
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Nowhere is this reconciliation more evident than in the enduring contentions surrounding France’s Pacific territory of New Caledonia, also known as Kanak by its native community.
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Some states chose not to send representatives; several of them cited disagreements with the partisan mission.
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The city commission reached a major step forward on the project after months of delays and disagreements over the best way to replace the old City Hall, which was damaged beyond repair by the historic flooding of April 2023.
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Both Kurtz and Langeliers cited workload and the need for rest during the long Major League Baseball season as reasons for their lack of interest.
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Many areas have been exempted for a variety of reasons, including lots in hillside fire zones and lots in Historic Protection Overlay Zones.
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The decisions come at a moment when long-standing debates over race and identity have turned toward immigration, increasing racial diversity and the fairness of policies meant to prevent and redress discrimination.
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Still, Republican lawmakers in Florida and Washington have repeatedly cited Tren de Aragua as evidence of the security risks posed by weak border enforcement, making the gang a central talking point in broader immigration debates.
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Beginning with its preliminary statement, the suit makes presumptuous assertions about what every Florida parent prioritizes for their children, and the audacity is striking.
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Amid celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary, assertions of the country’s religious, and specifically Christian, character have grown louder in political discourse.
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