arguable
adjective
ar·gu·able
ˈär-gyü-ə-bəl 
1
: not certain or clearly true : open to argument, dispute, or question
an arguable point
2
: able to be plausibly or convincingly argued
—used to say that there are good reasons for believing that a statement is true
It's arguable that catching [in baseball] today is far more difficult than it was in the 1950s, primarily because the running game is now so dominant.—
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Starship is a considerably more complex vehicle and arguable deserves even more grace as SpaceX and its engineers iterate and undertake a dramatic and explosive trial and error process in full view of the public.
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This win, coupled with the win in London on grass, makes Świątek the arguable favorite to win the year’s final Grand Slam in New York.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
Starship is a considerably more complex vehicle and arguable deserves even more grace as SpaceX and its engineers iterate and undertake a dramatic and explosive trial and error process in full view of the public.
—Eric MacK, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
This win, coupled with the win in London on grass, makes Świątek the arguable favorite to win the year’s final Grand Slam in New York.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Her arguable masterpiece follows the vain Leonora Eyre over and around a fraught love quadrangle with a widowed antiques dealer, his nephew, and some other motley souls.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Arguable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arguable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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arguable
adjective
ar·gu·able
ˈär-gyü-ə-bəl
: open to argument, dispute, or question
arguably
adverb
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