open to debate
idiom
: being a matter about which people may have different ideas and opinions
The accuracy of the report is open to debate.
Examples of open to debate in a Sentence
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Whether the protests constitute a sign of recovery is open to debate.
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Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
Whether this realization is a masterstroke of genius that explains the mechanism for backward causality or an admission that the future’s influence on the past can never fully be proven is open to debate.
—Zeeya Merali, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2023
Whether that’s essential to the plot or just another bit of cool weirdness thrown in for the heck of it is open to debate.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
How to dial down those tensions is open to debate, with some policy experts stressing that this show of strength remains the best deterrence for North Korean aggression.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
Therefore the conclusion that the number is transcendent is still open to debate.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
But exactly how overpowering and how consistently dominant is open to debate.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
Which of the two means will be successful is equally open to debate.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Whether this makes the movie an innately feminist work or, as some detractors have claimed, a superficial girlboss narrative is certainly open to debate.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
Whether this realization is a masterstroke of genius that explains the mechanism for backward causality or an admission that the future’s influence on the past can never fully be proven is open to debate.
—Zeeya Merali, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2023
Whether that’s essential to the plot or just another bit of cool weirdness thrown in for the heck of it is open to debate.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
How to dial down those tensions is open to debate, with some policy experts stressing that this show of strength remains the best deterrence for North Korean aggression.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
Therefore the conclusion that the number is transcendent is still open to debate.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
But exactly how overpowering and how consistently dominant is open to debate.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
Which of the two means will be successful is equally open to debate.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Whether this makes the movie an innately feminist work or, as some detractors have claimed, a superficial girlboss narrative is certainly open to debate.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
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