open to debate
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: being a matter about which people may have different ideas and opinions
The accuracy of the report is open to debate.
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Then again, Dolfans could wonder the question aloud aimed at their newborn in a crib and find the answer open to debate.
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Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025
Whether that was meant to pump themselves up or intimidate the competition is open to debate, but either way, it was not appreciated, at least not by their rivals on the Uli tribe.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
When an authority is actively suppressing or punishing speech itself, the space open to debate gets much smaller very quickly.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Exact numbers are open to debate, depending on the criteria used, because fourteeners with sub-peaks can be counted as one or more distinct peaks.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2025
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Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025
Whether that was meant to pump themselves up or intimidate the competition is open to debate, but either way, it was not appreciated, at least not by their rivals on the Uli tribe.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
When an authority is actively suppressing or punishing speech itself, the space open to debate gets much smaller very quickly.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Exact numbers are open to debate, depending on the criteria used, because fourteeners with sub-peaks can be counted as one or more distinct peaks.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Open to debate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20to%20debate. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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