as in dispute
variance of opinion on a matter
a heated disputation over the true authorship of the poem popularly known as "The Night Before Christmas"
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Recent Examples of disputation
Jake is a single father who has brought Kristen up in the severe Calvinist tradition, marked by Bible disputations of Talmudic intricacy and by a radical detachment from secular and popular culture.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2023
Seven decades later, this culture of disputation emerged as a central theme in Timothy Garton Ash’s The Magic Lantern, his eyewitness report on the Eastern European revolutions of 1989.
—Susie Linfield, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2022
By taking steps to remember that politics always involves disputation, even among those who vote for the same candidates and affiliate with the same party, Americans may begin to rediscover the ability to respectfully disagree with opponents.
—Robert B. Talisse, The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2022
Abstruse disputation is hardly unknown but argument has reached a new level with threats of lawsuits and charges of snobbish bigotry and snowflake naïveté.
—Ethan Bronner, Bloomberg.com, 29 Sep. 2020
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2023
Seven decades later, this culture of disputation emerged as a central theme in Timothy Garton Ash’s The Magic Lantern, his eyewitness report on the Eastern European revolutions of 1989.
—Susie Linfield, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2022
By taking steps to remember that politics always involves disputation, even among those who vote for the same candidates and affiliate with the same party, Americans may begin to rediscover the ability to respectfully disagree with opponents.
—Robert B. Talisse, The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2022
Abstruse disputation is hardly unknown but argument has reached a new level with threats of lawsuits and charges of snobbish bigotry and snowflake naïveté.
—Ethan Bronner, Bloomberg.com, 29 Sep. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disputation
Noun
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After five years of planning work, zoning disputes and legal challenges, Interfaith Sanctuary’s new shelter on State Street is ready for guests to move in, the organization announced Friday.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Feb. 2026
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Anthropic isn’t the only company under threat from this dispute, said Connor.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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During last year’s budget debates, Chicago’s then-chief financial officer, Jill Jaworski, provided aldermen with a chart projecting that these bonds would be retired in 2031 and total interest on them would amount to $58 million.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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Next week, the Supreme Court will consider whether the gun ban for drug users is unconstitutionally broad in a high-stakes case at the center of growing debate over whether marijuana deserves a carve-out in the law.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Alberto Carvalho, the former Miami-Dade school superintendent whose Los Angeles home and office were raided Wednesday by the FBI, is no stranger to controversy.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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The team has been a source of controversy for the administration after FBI Director Kash Patel was seen chugging beer in their locker room.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Hegseth’s harsh punishment is the culmination of a long, slow slide that began with a political disagreement.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Much of the disagreement centers on Iran’s insistence on enriching uranium on its own soil.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Disputation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disputation. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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