as in rebuttal
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Recent Examples of counterargument
But there is also a counterargument that without a price—or the right price—nature is overexploited.
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Simi Thambi, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Then, the idea is to gradually repeat the process with larger doses of false information and further counterarguments.
—Shaon Lahiri, The Conversation, 7 July 2025
There is a counterargument on Musk, rooted in two factors: One is that Musk’s disruption was aimed at a federal government that many Americans agree is swollen and flabby.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 29 May 2025
The obvious counterargument is that Fedde’s current performance has already hurt his value.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Simi Thambi, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Then, the idea is to gradually repeat the process with larger doses of false information and further counterarguments.
—Shaon Lahiri, The Conversation, 7 July 2025
There is a counterargument on Musk, rooted in two factors: One is that Musk’s disruption was aimed at a federal government that many Americans agree is swollen and flabby.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 29 May 2025
The obvious counterargument is that Fedde’s current performance has already hurt his value.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterargument
Noun
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There are lots of good rebuttals to this craven move.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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The comparison didn’t sit well with Smith, who addressed the comment on his own Stephen A. Smith Show, delivering a nuanced, yet emotionally charged rebuttal.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Declaration is sometimes championed by right-libertarians and left-liberals alike as a paean to individualism and a refutation of communitarianism of any kind.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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Every American Girl has the same problems to overcome, and that’s a clear refutation of a progressivist view of history.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
9 July 2024
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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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Archaeological and geological counterevidence concerning Oak Island and the Money Pit point to something well short of an Indiana Jones movie.—
Dylan Taylor-Lehman,
Popular Mechanics,
13 May 2021
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“Counterargument.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterargument. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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