argument
noun
an oral disagreement; verbal opposition; contention; altercation.
arguments
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pluralof argument.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But when the government’s arguments are this lazy, it is functionally impossible for Saylor to not at least implicitly acknowledge just how bad the idea is.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
These arguments are not made explicitly in the show but indicated through objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
But inside the brain trusts of Silicon Valley, billions of investor dollars and years of tortured rationalist arguments are clouding a similar argument about artificial intelligence.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
After oral arguments in the spring, the three judges issued a complex decision affirming Carter’s finding of discrimination but overruling his order invalidating UCLA’s lease for its baseball stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Reproducing the Greek arguments faithfully, Maimonides contended that the hollow spheres that twirled about the earth had to be moved by something, say, the next sphere out.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
