How to Use debate in a Sentence

debate

1 of 2 noun

• The meaning of the text has been the subject of considerable debate among scholars for many years.
• The candidates participated in several debates before the election was held.
• The Silver State is once again at the heart of the debate.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
• Of course, there is the debate of strength of those games.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 13 Jan. 2021
• The debate absence gives Kobach room to rule the stage.
  — Hunter Woodall, kansascity, 22 Feb. 2018
• This is where some of the debate over the need for boosters comes in.
  — Maggie Fox, CNN, 18 Aug. 2021
• The same is true of the climate change debate, in many ways.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2019
• Maybe the gun debate is bringing out the worst in some of us.
  — Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 30 Mar. 2018
• The debate is over whether the controls are strong enough.
  — Hope Yen, The Seattle Times, 14 Jan. 2019
• Erasing the flash point of that debate is not about to end it.
  — Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2022
• There’s plenty of room for debate as to whether the Fed is on the right track here.
  — Emily Stewart, Vox, 18 Dec. 2018
• Ali has been a member of the school’s speech and debate team for four years.
  — cleveland, 23 Sep. 2021
• Now, Foti's book has added a new wrinkle to the debate.
  — NBC News, 4 Apr. 2021
• So, the debate seems to boil down to this: is a half a loaf better than none?
  — Barbara Peterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2018
• The debate on the merits of the month occur every year.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2020
• Also up for debate: whether to change the church’s name.
  — Jonathan Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• Some argue the debate is the wrong one to be having at all.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 6 Feb. 2020
• But that should be the start of the debate, not its conclusion.
  — The Economist, 12 July 2018
• In his dream campaign, Christie and Trump end up on the same debate stage.
  — Kara Voght, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• If not for his slight stature, there might not even be a debate.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
• The debate, which will be livestreamed, is scheduled for 7 p.m.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Sep. 2022
• Whether central banks have the right tools to ease the pain in this case is up for debate as well.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 9 Mar. 2020
• Here is an honest look at the trade-offs on each side of the great work from home debate.
  — Curt Steinhorst, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
• And that only helps his case in the greatest-of-all-time debate.
  — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 15 May 2020
• Jost then turned to Trump, who has challenged Biden to a debate.
  — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
• There's no debate for who should take the top spot in our rankings.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 22 Nov. 2022
• There is that old debate about staying true to the board and reaching for a prospect.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2020
• There’s a lot of debate about whether buybacks are a good thing or a bad thing.
  — Emily Stewart, Vox, 22 Mar. 2018
• The measure passed through the Senate along party lines and has moved to the House for debate.
  — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
• Once debates like this would have played out in Germany’s elite press, where intellectuals clashed over the country’s moral responsibility to the past.
  — Jason Farago, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024

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debate

2 of 2 verb

• Scholars have been debating the meaning of the text for years.
• The students debated for an hour.
• Whether or not the tax cuts benefit the lower classes is still hotly debated among economists.
• The energy bill is currently being debated in Congress.
• The President debated his challenger in front of a live audience on Tuesday.
• The House is set to debate and vote on the bill later in the day.
  — Grace Segers, CBS News, 25 June 2020
• Few would now debate that the pair could be called friends.
  — Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2023
• Quite what lies at the root of that respect is open to debate.
  — New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
• Like the po’ boy, the best boudin is hotly debated in this neck of the woods.
  — New Orleans Tourism, Bon Appetit, 11 Sep. 2017
• Our staff weighs in and debates the best team not in this week's poll.
  — The Si Staff, SI.com, 24 Sep. 2019
• How many of them turned up at the polls later is open to debate.
  — Michael Wines, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2020
• And that could revive awareness of and debate about the tax gap.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2022
• The Senate will also need time to debate and vote on the bill.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 28 Feb. 2021
• More brows to debate over: What (brow) dreams may come...
  — Lindsey V Thompson, Allure, 18 May 2018
• Let others debate where the two truly stand on the list of greats.
  — Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
• The House will now debate Rep. Matt Gaetz’s motion to vacate the chair.
  — WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
• Whether they can be enforced varies by state and is open to debate.
  — Time, 16 June 2020
• Then again, if the Bulls are debating on this pick, the lottery went awry.
  — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2018
• Hobbs has refused to debate her and does not hold as many large events.
  — Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
• The culture is now debating who gets to tell the stories.
  — Ariston Anderson, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Aug. 2019
• There’s a scene in which the kids debate the town council about its abuse of law and order.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2020
• But these are quibbles that will be fun to debate in the coming weeks.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2019
• Their work has been in the spotlight more as people debate whether to take the vaccines.
  — al, 24 Feb. 2021
• Ryan and Vance agreed to debate – more or less – nearly three weeks ago.
  — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2022
• No one can debate that, and plenty of people don’t drink enough of it.
  — Madge Maril, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 May 2021
• Preview Let others debate where the two truly stand on the list of greats.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 15 Aug. 2020
• In fact, where there had been debate, there was now no longer debate.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• There will be much more time to debate all of this and more as June approaches.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 11 Apr. 2022
• Carol on the other hand craves routine and finds it with the help of a coworker (Laurie Metcalf) and friend (Gillian Jacobs), leaving audiences to debate the meaning of their own lives.
  — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
• While the Huntersville native is still expected — by most analysts — to be selected within the first 10 picks of the annual event, his ultimate landing spot has been debated heavily among pundits.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024

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