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Those in the industry have been arguing about the guidance for at least the past decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

“We have been arguing that the Cook case is more important for the policy trajectory than the identity of the next Fed chair. We think that’s even more true now.”

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Astronomers have been arguing about this for years!

From Space Scoop • Oct. 15, 2025

If it had, there’s no question that people watching the coverage on TV would have been arguing about choices and tactics, and debating what the protesters could have and should have done.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025

As I walked home from Keble on Monday morning, I felt it a     hard fate that I should have been arguing, rather than listening....

From A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.