as in rebuttal
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Recent Examples of counterargument
The counterargument would be that this is why Memphis has to re-sign Aldama: His contract would need to be the matching salary for virtually any starting-caliber player whom Memphis would acquire in-season.
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John Hollinger, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The counterarguments were also familiar: The bar was its own form of community.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 June 2025
The soon-to-be 79-year-old Trump nearly always reacts to counterarguments with insults, lawsuits and verbal attacks upon print and TV journalists.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
As for the theory that catching would sap his power and offensive production, Goodman, who’s started 33 of Colorado’s 62 games behind the plate this season, has a counterargument.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 June 2025
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John Hollinger, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The counterarguments were also familiar: The bar was its own form of community.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 June 2025
The soon-to-be 79-year-old Trump nearly always reacts to counterarguments with insults, lawsuits and verbal attacks upon print and TV journalists.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
As for the theory that catching would sap his power and offensive production, Goodman, who’s started 33 of Colorado’s 62 games behind the plate this season, has a counterargument.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterargument
Noun
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The defense spent four hours the next day presenting their summation, followed by the prosecution rebuttal.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
2 July 2025
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After the defense closing, prosecutors will present their rebuttal.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
26 June 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 22 Jul. 2025.
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