principal argument
Americannoun
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In early 2006, the coalition hired Wiley to advise Saddam’s lawyers, whose principal argument was that the court itself was illegal.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 18, 2016
His principal argument was the “sheer confusion” over the similarity between Australia and New Zealand’s flags.
From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2016
“There are good reasons,” Kethledge begins, “not to call an opponent’s argument ‘ridiculous,’ which is what State Farm calls Barbara Bennett’s principal argument here.
From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2013
But that seeming tension only points to a principal argument of “Why I Am a Five Percenter,” that religious identity is not necessarily about belief, or even about culture.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2011
The principal argument urged in favor of the law was that unsatisfactory civil servants could easily be dropped without reflection on their character.
From The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization by Orth, Samuel Peter
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