principal argument
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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This issue became the principal argument against his candidacy as it became clear that Hamawy was going to likely clinch the nomination.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Oz’s energetic campaigning has been his principal argument for himself.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2022
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
Their principal argument is that Holy Scripture ascribes active justification indiscriminately to theological love and sanctifying grace, and that some of the Fathers follow this example.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
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