under debate
idiom
: discussed in a manner where people can offer different opinions : being debated
These topics are still under debate.
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The degree of risk for any Kenyan police officers sent to Haiti at this time of unprecedented gang violence is also under debate, despite the country’s long record of deployments to international hotspots.
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Larry Madowo, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
Ukraine’s new mobilization law, which has been under debate for months as the country faces a severe shortage of battle-ready troops, proposes lowering the country’s draft age to 25.
—Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
Florida and Texas passed the laws under debate in 2021, not long after social media platforms booted former president Donald Trump following the January 6 insurrection.
—Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2024
The bill, under debate in the Ukrainian parliament, is expected be politically unpopular.
—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2024
The bill, under debate in the Ukrainian Parliament, could be politically unpopular with the country’s war-weary citizenry.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
At a time when collective social and economic narratives are under debate around the world, lagom raises quintessential questions about human nature and society.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
The question still under debate by employers and employees is what exactly does a return to work look like?
—Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2024
As a result, new laws enacted or still under debate appear more punitive, largely washing away or diluting many of the reforms enacted after the 2020 police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
—John D. Harden, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
Larry Madowo, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
Ukraine’s new mobilization law, which has been under debate for months as the country faces a severe shortage of battle-ready troops, proposes lowering the country’s draft age to 25.
—Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
Florida and Texas passed the laws under debate in 2021, not long after social media platforms booted former president Donald Trump following the January 6 insurrection.
—Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2024
The bill, under debate in the Ukrainian parliament, is expected be politically unpopular.
—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2024
The bill, under debate in the Ukrainian Parliament, could be politically unpopular with the country’s war-weary citizenry.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
At a time when collective social and economic narratives are under debate around the world, lagom raises quintessential questions about human nature and society.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
The question still under debate by employers and employees is what exactly does a return to work look like?
—Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2024
As a result, new laws enacted or still under debate appear more punitive, largely washing away or diluting many of the reforms enacted after the 2020 police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
—John D. Harden, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
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