as in rebuttal
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Recent Examples of counterargument
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
The counterargument is that the world is filled with so many visible atrocities right now that a make-believe movie poster seems like the least of our problems.
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Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2026
Still, the counterargument is that reverse location warrants gather data about anyone – opening them up to unnecessary law enforcement scrutiny.
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CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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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
The counterargument is that the world is filled with so many visible atrocities right now that a make-believe movie poster seems like the least of our problems.
—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2026
Still, the counterargument is that reverse location warrants gather data about anyone – opening them up to unnecessary law enforcement scrutiny.
—
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterargument
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Messi is the standing rebuttal — a leader whose authority was never announced, only demonstrated; whose visibility was never imposed, only inevitable.
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This reader hopes that will be a rebuttal to all the dubious America 250 content flooding orgs beholden to the neutered NEA.
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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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Other scientists point to a mountain of counterevidence showing that facial movements during emotions vary too widely to be universal beacons of emotional meaning.
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“Counterargument.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterargument. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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