as in rebuttal
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Recent Examples of counterargument
The counterargument Of course, not everyone is buying the golden age narrative.
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Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
The counterargument is the Packers' aggressive passing is what got them into field goal range in the first place.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
The counterargument is that Porsche 911s tend to experience minimal depreciation anyway, and the Turbo S is no exception.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2026
From that lens, the NCAA portrays the objectors as relying on a novel or quixotic theory (the counterargument, of course, is that the House settlement’s features are matters of first impression for any court and the lack of precedent shouldn’t be disqualifying).
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2026
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Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
The counterargument is the Packers' aggressive passing is what got them into field goal range in the first place.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
The counterargument is that Porsche 911s tend to experience minimal depreciation anyway, and the Turbo S is no exception.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2026
From that lens, the NCAA portrays the objectors as relying on a novel or quixotic theory (the counterargument, of course, is that the House settlement’s features are matters of first impression for any court and the lack of precedent shouldn’t be disqualifying).
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterargument
Noun
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Candidates got 45 seconds to answer and one rebuttal over two hours.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The rebuttal from longtime Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford was the stuff of legend.—
Dane Mizutani,
Twin Cities,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The images were a refutation—and a response to her husband, who believed the reports and threatened to take their son, Georgio.—
Anika Burgess,
New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2026
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The death of New START represents the refutation of those decades of work.—
Matthew Gault,
Wired News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Ranalli points out that indoctrination is when someone preemptively dismisses any counterevidence that may come along.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
4 Mar. 2026
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Other scientists point to a mountain of counterevidence showing that facial movements during emotions vary too widely to be universal beacons of emotional meaning.—
Lisa Feldman Barrett,
Scientific American,
27 Apr. 2022
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“Counterargument.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterargument. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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