as in rebuttal
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Recent Examples of counterargument
Collectively, the tribal fisheries produce more walleyes than tribal members harvest — an effective counterargument to the claim by some non-tribal anglers that tribal members harvest too much.
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Frank Vaisvilas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
So, too, however, is the counterargument that modernization will automatically doom the region's authoritarian regimes.
—Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2012
Trump's counterargument, as limned in his Nashville speech, is that the determination whether the dollar retains its global reserve status lies entirely in the hands of the U.S. government itself.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
The counterargument is that Willian averaged only 0.8 tackles (61 per cent successful), 0.4 interceptions and 4.3 recoveries per 90 in the league last season.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
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Frank Vaisvilas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
So, too, however, is the counterargument that modernization will automatically doom the region's authoritarian regimes.
—Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2012
Trump's counterargument, as limned in his Nashville speech, is that the determination whether the dollar retains its global reserve status lies entirely in the hands of the U.S. government itself.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
The counterargument is that Willian averaged only 0.8 tackles (61 per cent successful), 0.4 interceptions and 4.3 recoveries per 90 in the league last season.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterargument
Noun
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This had to be some existential rebuttal to the fire obliterating the Pacific Palisades across town.—
Mikey O'Connell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Jan. 2025
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Two weeks later, Fox News and Fox Business Network ran an awkward segment with a voting tech expert, Edward Perez, to present viewers with a rebuttal to those outlandish claims.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But The Dry Season is anything but a refutation of her earlier work.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025
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Is the month-long surge in Treasury yields a confirmation, a refutation, or a threat, to the prevailing soft-economic-landing outlook?—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Other scientists point to a mountain of counterevidence showing that facial movements during emotions vary too widely to be universal beacons of emotional meaning.—
Lisa Feldman Barrett,
Scientific American,
27 Apr. 2022
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Archaeological and geological counterevidence concerning Oak Island and the Money Pit point to something well short of an Indiana Jones movie.—
Dylan Taylor-Lehman,
Popular Mechanics,
13 May 2021
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“Counterargument.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterargument. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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