as in defendants
a person who takes part in a dispute
the debater was unable to come up with a convincing rebuttal for his opponent's argument
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Recent Examples of debaters
In ancient Greece, there were professional debaters.
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Solomon D. Stevens, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
At the highest levels, debate is a combination of politics and philosophy, and skilled debaters must master analytical reasoning and the ability to speak as fast as possible.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Solomon D. Stevens, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
At the highest levels, debate is a combination of politics and philosophy, and skilled debaters must master analytical reasoning and the ability to speak as fast as possible.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debaters
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Other defendants in the case are alleged to have used the information to place bets against the Trail Blazers.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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These defendants, which include former professional athletes, used high-tech cheating technology to steal millions of dollars from victims in underground poker games that were secretly fixed.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Forty minutes will be allocated to the solicitor general, 20 minutes reserved for a representative speaking on behalf of private parties (American small business plaintiffs), and 20 minutes reserved for the dozen states that sued the administration over the tariffs.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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Newsweek reached out to the plaintiffs' lawyers for comment.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Gripen fighters have the reputation of being relatively cheap and easy to maintain and arm, and able to operate in austere conditions – using roads or even dirt roads for runways.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Taking advantage of that power is the enigmatic and feminine Makima, who runs the Public Safety Division, a group of Devil fighters that includes Aki, Kishibe, Power, Angel Devil and more.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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On Thursday night, meanwhile, high school student and aspiring dermatologist Mailyn Marsh, of Missouri, was named this year’s Miss Teen USA, a companion title for contestants aged 14 to 19.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Probst has repeatedly clarified that no contestants who played in 2020's Season 40, including both Shallow and Collins, were asked to return for the all-stars season, set to air early next year.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Influenced by the progressive Methodist faith in which he was raised, Maunder was one of his profession’s most outspoken advocates for women’s participation in science.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Mental health advocates said the encounters before Zettel’s death show multiple points of possible intervention in the days and hours before she was killed.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Displacing the ’90s boom bap and aughts brawlers of her last album is a streak of assiduous ’80s R&B exercises that foreground her gains as a vocalist more often than her gobstopping wordplay as a rapper.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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Angel was friends with one of the two initial brawlers inside Norwood’s Williamsbridge Oval Playground, a regular hangout spot for the young teen, but didn’t participate in the outset of the violence.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Debaters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debaters. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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