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"Debate" in a Sentence (25 examples)
The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark.
Your decision is open to some debate.
Teachers stimulate the students' interest, have them think, ask questions, and debate among themselves.
I beat him completely in the debate.
After much debate, we decided to spend our holidays in Spain.
The debate over which consultant to use went on for hours.
Debate is an academic game between the affirmative and the negative.
It will only mean an endless debate.
The debate continues into the 1980s and 1990s.
That problem naturally invited debate.
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"Debate me, coward!" snarled the completely normal intellectual.
a wise council […] that did debate this business
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself.
He presents that great soul debating upon the subject of life and death with his intimate friends.
When the legislation was debated by the House of Commons, Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner said it was "riddled with holes", while former Conservative Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said it was "badly written".
Well knew they both his person, sith of late / With him in bloudie armes they rashly did debate.
[…] wasteful Time debateth with Decay, To change your day of youth to sullied night
Volunteers […] thronged to serve under his banner, and the cause of religion was debated with the same ardour in Spain as on the plains of Palestine.
He was debating where he'd spend his holiday.
After a four-hour debate, the committee voted to table the motion.
The debate over the age of the universe is thousands of years old.
There was a bit of a debate over who should pay for the damaged fence.
The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.
There has been considerable debate concerning exactly how to format these articles.
Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
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