as in argues
to express different opinions about something often angrily
this discussion is so silly we might as well altercate on how many angels can dance on the point of a needle
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argues
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White argues that the crypto industry has become a re-creation of much of what its original ideology claimed to despise.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
11 Dec. 2024 -
But Vanessa Cho, design partner at GV, Alphabet’s venture capital division, argues that’s the wrong way for founders to think about design.—
Lionel Lim,
Fortune Asia,
10 Dec. 2024
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“Altercates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altercates. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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