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contentious debate

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contentious
adjective
uk /kənˈten.ʃəs/ us /kənˈten.tʃəs/
causing , involving, or likely to cause disagreement ...
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debate
noun
uk /dɪˈbeɪt/ us /dɪˈbeɪt/
(a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people ...
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Examples of contentious debate


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The following twelve months saw contentiousdebate about the ambiguity of these phrases and the conflicting obligations they entailed.
We could debate—we might find it a contentiousdebate—the role of business in relation to science.
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It is obviously going to be a much disputed area and one where we are going to have long and contentiousdebate.
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It was subject to some contentiousdebate in another place.
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We are having metering tests in certain areas and no doubt that will be the subject of a contentiousdebate in due course.
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The choice was an often contentiousdebate that riled the passions of party leaders.
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The historical record is very poor, such that some major artists' biographies are still bare outlines, while attribution is an ongoing and often contentiousdebate.
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In its early years, the county seat changed frequently, often with contentiousdebate.
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The effort was the subject of significant criticism and contentiousdebate from diverse segments.
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After a contentiousdebate, the agency acknowledged the error and corrected the report.
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The framing science proposal created a large, often contentiousdebate within the online scientific blogging community, though research continues to study the influence of framing.
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This has given rise to a contentiousdebate of the interpretation of quantum mechanics.
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Whether it has significance or any correlation to the real world is a contentiousdebate.
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The question of to whom reparations should be given, how much, and even whether monetary reparations were appropriate were subjects of sometimes contentiousdebate.
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This request set off a contentiousdebate in the city, about the noise that would be caused by the call to prayer, eventually garnering national attention.
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He also considers the more contentious debates on church+state relations and schooling.
I agree that there will be some formidable debates when the report is published—more contentious debates than that which we are having tonight.
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He is regularly involved with interfaith dialogue between different communities and often called in to lighten-up and moderate contentious debates between multi-faith conservatives.
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It served instead as a refuge for faculty and a site of contentious debates among them concerning student conduct.
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