steelman
Americannoun
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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
A good steelman can think of nothing more unpleasant in his industry than a rip-roaring price war.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tourist was Henry J. Kaiser, fresh from several careers as wartime shipbuilder, automaker, steelman and millionaire chief of a vast industrial empire.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the ship Chief Bender, Mohawk and steelman extraordinary, talked to the Shed and to one Charley Red Fox.
From Space Tug by Leinster, Murray
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