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verb

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as in to debate
to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion in an extended session the city council disputed the need for a new high school

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Noun
This may mean involving FIFPRO in the process to prevent future legal disputes. Steve Price, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024 Factual disputes could not be resolved by consulting Wikipedia on our phones; people remained wrong for hours, even days. Ben Tarnoff, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
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Commonwealth's Attorney Jackie Steele, who's prosecuting the case alongside Attorney General Russell Coleman's office, did not dispute Bartley's statement in court but noted the hearing was only to establish probable cause that Stines intentionally shot and killed Mullins. Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 10 Oct. 2024 In court, Carter disputed a 2009 Gary arrest for murder. Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dispute 

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“Dispute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispute. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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