steelman
Americannoun
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steelmen
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When you steelman an argument, you make the strongest possible case in favor of it.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
You may be tempted to strawman arguments you naturally disagree with, but you will become a better philosopher when you steelman those arguments instead.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
He is no rough-and-tumble, up-from-the-mill steelman but a lawyer who got into steel via a Wall Street firm, thoroughly learned the business by hard-slogging homework.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet there was enough of a general pickup to convince many a steelman that he should fire up idle furnaces, rehire laid-off workers.
From Time Magazine Archive
It would be hard to offend a steelman more than to suggest that his work did not stand up.
From Sand Doom by Murray Leinster
Meanwhile, the steelmen take pride in keeping the plant running.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2014
Western European steelmen are designing new mills that by 1965 will increase their potential output to 148 million tons v. an estimated 160 million tons for the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Japan Inc., however, will not find the U.S. semiconductor industry the somnolent pushover that American steelmen or watchmakers proved to be.
From Time Magazine Archive
The President's economic advisers figured that, even at present price levels, steelmen would net a comfortable 7% to 15% of stockholders' equity in the months ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whatever the outcome of the wage negotiations, steelmen face equally formidable long-term problems.
From Time Magazine Archive
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