as in arguable
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Adjective
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Obama has now been succeeded twice by his arguable antithesis, Donald Trump, ...—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
15 June 2025 -
But certifying who gets to participate in the lawsuit can take months or years, while a policy and its arguable harms would survive.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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Senate Democrats blasted the proposal, but their criticism is essentially moot, since Republicans are using a budget tool called reconciliation that would enable them to pass the bill along party lines.—
Barbara Sprunt,
NPR,
17 June 2025
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His trial was on the court calendar to start in August in Los Angeles, but with the deal announced Monday the trial is moot as sentencing looms.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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While the films’ impact on government policy and/or public opinion is debatable, movies large and small have been at the forefront of some of the 21st century’s most difficult conversations.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
25 June 2025
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How much coffee per day leads to healthy aging is debatable.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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The market was split between natural products that didn’t perform and luxury beauty loaded with questionable ingredients.—
Megan Bruneau,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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However, many travelers don't think twice about buying a cheap charging cable from a questionable vendor at an airport shop or online marketplace, making these cables a more successful point of attack.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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But startup founder Emil Barr says everything is negotiable — even your college tuition.—
Ernestine Siu,
CNBC,
3 June 2025
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What’s not negotiable is the conveying of their connection, both as the best of friends and their proximity in UCLA’s batting order.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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The other shoe dropped with an unsettling thud recently when White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt openly gay-bashed in defense of her controversial boss.—
Louis Balsamo,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2025
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Florida wants the Supreme Court's permission to enforce a controversial new law targeting undocumented immigrants entering Florida, a move that aims to help carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Trump said Wednesday the intelligence was inconclusive.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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But in the visiting clubhouse, where initial X-rays on Tatis’ hand were inconclusive about the severity of his injury, the Padres didn’t seem ready to turn down the dial.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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“Refutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refutable. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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