as in rebuttal
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Recent Examples of counterargument
All these rebuttals have counterarguments from doomsday proponents.
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Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
21 May 2026
Clients often benefit from attorneys who can anticipate opposing arguments and prepare counterarguments early.
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William Jones,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
Goldman’s counterargument is that the transition to agentic AI alone is expected to drive over 90% of future demand for digital infrastructure, making current spending not a speculative bubble but a structural race to address physical constraints that are already binding.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
That’s Bevacqua’s counterargument to the idea that CFP expansion would devalue the regular season.
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Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for counterargument
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
21 May 2026
Clients often benefit from attorneys who can anticipate opposing arguments and prepare counterarguments early.
—
William Jones,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
Goldman’s counterargument is that the transition to agentic AI alone is expected to drive over 90% of future demand for digital infrastructure, making current spending not a speculative bubble but a structural race to address physical constraints that are already binding.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
That’s Bevacqua’s counterargument to the idea that CFP expansion would devalue the regular season.
—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterargument
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For years, Vladimir Putin has had a convincing rebuttal to anyone who thought Western sanctions would bring his country to its knees.
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Those are legitimate concerns, and yet the rebuttals are just as logical.
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Since Socrates, dialectical thinking had been a method of eliciting truth through questioning and refutation.
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That is not a refutation of any of those disruption stories individually.
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Ranalli points out that indoctrination is when someone preemptively dismisses any counterevidence that may come along.
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“Counterargument.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterargument. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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