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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The defence team also asserted that the prosecution's five-day cross-examination of Patterson was "unfair and oppressive", and that the Crown was inconsistent in its arguments about a motive.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The arguments are landing as a task force of outside experts prepares recommendations on how the Fed should communicate, due by year’s end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Cancellations, missed check-ins and arguments over what the hotel promised are harder.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Bennett’s questions evoked many of the arguments made by the state in its own filings in the matter, which were repeated by California Deputy Solicitor Gen. Samuel P. Siegel during the hearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
Each of these arguments, of course, has become part of a larger intellectual movement which may loosely be labelled ‘postmodernism’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
