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adjective

as in joking

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verb

present participle of bandy

as in discussing

to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion bandied around the idea of going out to dinner for their anniversary

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Adjective

And, unlike most other countries in wartime that have been attacked, there was no rallying effect for the government after October 7th.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026

Definition of rallying

Verb

Prosecutors said that Walsh had been very invested in the Lindsay Clancy case, which was in jury deliberations at the time of Barrett’s death, discussing it with friends over group text.

— Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Rubio nevertheless singled her out when discussing the need to rebuild Venezuela’s political opposition.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of discussing

Verb

Murray enlists Ted in a series of mysterious experiments that involve the young man sitting in a room and debating another student.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
The conservative activist had been debating students before a crowd of thousands in an outdoor courtyard surrounded by tall buildings and elevated walkways on the campus in Orem, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of debating

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Joshua Holian, an antitrust lawyer representing Paramount, sided with Blizzard by arguing that the consent decree validated Paramount’s commitment to healthy competition in Hollywood.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026
His lawyers are asking the judge to dismiss five of the charges against him, arguing that prosecutors have substantially rewritten those counts after the five-year statute of limitations expired.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of arguing

Adjective

And yes, the previous sentence is intended as both complimentary and derisive.

— Andy Behrens, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
According to Elsas, the name began as a slight — a derisive label used by a Northern newspaper reporter to mock the poor Scots-Irish mill workers who lived in the neighborhood during a headline-grabbing labor strike.

— Brian Unger, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of derisive

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