argues

present tense third-person singular of argue
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Recent Examples of argues White argues that the crypto industry has become a re-creation of much of what its original ideology claimed to despise. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024 But Vanessa Cho, design partner at GV, Alphabet’s venture capital division, argues that’s the wrong way for founders to think about design. Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 10 Dec. 2024 Ilie argues that Matthews used a faulty methodology, which merely skimmed the documentation from the 1920s and ’30s, leaving major themes and techniques unclear. Noor Anand Chawla, JSTOR Daily, 9 Dec. 2024 While financial advantages and connections often play a major role in any filmmaker’s chances of launching a successful career, the director argues that hard work and determination are equally important, if not more so, for a filmmaker to find success in the industry. Jamie Lang, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024 The league also argues the songs, or at least elements of those songs, are in the public domain. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Dec. 2024 The filing argues that federal limits that restrict coordination between political candidates violate the First Amendment. Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Dec. 2024 But what may have seemed like the death knell on young folks TV was really just another round in a never-ending pattern, argues Julie Plec. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024 The findings echo other work such as Robert Putnam’s Our Kids, which argues for the value of accruing social capital in shaping the future of students. Peter Greene, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for argues
Verb
  • Amazon contends that the workers are not employees.
    Julia Shapero, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The complaint contends that Schultz and So violated securities laws, and even indicated their efforts to skirt those laws on the Spaces call.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In Season 2, Owen gets pulled into the South Korean spy trade after an agent in the country convinces him to help with a personal mission that his bosses cannot find out about.
    refinery29.com, refinery29.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • He is then approached by a social-climbing waiter named Stuart Morris (Jason Bateman), who convinces Jonathan that his aunt Maureen Collier (Marion Ross) is his sister.
    Fox News, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Smith, a mental-health counselor and flower-essence therapist, discusses prayer as a method for finding language that resonates with our intentions.
    Kristin Auble, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
  • General manager Ryan Poles listens as Bears president and CEO Kevin Warren discusses the team’s coaching search during a news conference at Halas Hall.
    Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Other research confirms this, assigning sleep a pivotal role.
    Lieke ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter, activist and founding member of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, died Tuesday, his representative confirms.
    Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The original complaint asserts class-action status is appropriate and sets out reasons to support that position.
    Penny Weaver, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The team asserts that the temperature and humidity in the building have never breached their target parameters, and that’s with monitoring done in both summer and winter.
    Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Another disclosure verifies the borrower’s identity.
    Joshua Stein, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • California generally verifies the identities of mail voters through their signatures.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Young Thug pleads out and is given 15 years probation and exiled from Atlanta.
    Rob Marriott, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Mangione pleads not guilty to CEO slaying charges The man accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson to death on a Manhattan street pleaded not guilty Monday to state murder and terrorism charges, just days after a dramatic return to the city to face federal counts in the case.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • That brings her and partner Curtis (Gershwyn Eustache) into conflict with the wealthy and powerful ruling family of Kingston, with a possible connection to the London case that led to Millie's ouster from the Yard.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • For the Centennial State, business in its ski towns brings huge economic gains, with spending reaching record highs this past year.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024

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