principal argument
Americannoun
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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
The principal argument is this: that the existence of traces of members proves that they once existed; and as now they are no longer of service, they have gradually disappeared.
From Bahá’í World Faith by `Abdu'l-Bahá
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