as in rebuttal
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Recent Examples of counterargument
The counterargument is that even if, say, Jake Oettinger ends up passing Hellebuyck as the No. 1 by the February Olympics, Hellebuyck is obviously still on the roster.
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Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
The counterargument is that the system doesn’t allow for a CBA.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Generalizing positivity in all situations can lead to denying or downplaying real emotions or even logical counterarguments to a superficially optimistic perception.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
After forming your own opinion, ask AI to present the strongest counterarguments.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
The counterargument is that the system doesn’t allow for a CBA.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Generalizing positivity in all situations can lead to denying or downplaying real emotions or even logical counterarguments to a superficially optimistic perception.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
After forming your own opinion, ask AI to present the strongest counterarguments.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterargument
Noun
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Alessi also highlighted that Welcher had amended his report after the trial began — leaving the defense little room for a robust rebuttal of the material — and brought up that Aperture LLC will make nearly $400,000 off the case, for the time of the company’s experts and their analysis and testing.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2025
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But the strongest rebuttal to Hegseth’s argument is military history itself.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
Noun
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His win is the sign of a functioning democracy and a refutation of authoritarianism.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
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Any falsehood or inaccuracy (real or alleged) enunciated by President Donald Trump is almost invariably immediately met with refutation, rebuke, even ridicule by his media critics and political opponents.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2025
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Other scientists point to a mountain of counterevidence showing that facial movements during emotions vary too widely to be universal beacons of emotional meaning.—
Lisa Feldman Barrett,
Scientific American,
27 Apr. 2022
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Archaeological and geological counterevidence concerning Oak Island and the Money Pit point to something well short of an Indiana Jones movie.—
Dylan Taylor-Lehman,
Popular Mechanics,
13 May 2021
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“Counterargument.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterargument. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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