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 his perspective on European exceptionalism may be debatable, his timing isn't.—
Charles Towers-Clark,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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That bill would aggressively phase out crucial clean energy tax credits and lead to fewer renewable energy additions—though the degree of that drop off is debatable.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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However, based on the questionable quality of the data, not all experts are convinced that the AI model is accurate.—
Joanna Thompson,
Space.com,
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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In 2020, the Encinitas City Council approved the construction of a new Sanderling Waldorf school on a controversial spot on Mays Hollow Lane near Quail Gardens Drive.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Had the test fallen short—or had the analysis simply been inconclusive?—
Siddhartha Mukherjee,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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At the time, an autopsy of Gleed's body was inconclusive; thus, the manner and cause of death weren't determined, but foul play was not suspected, police said.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
5 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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