as in to argue
to express different opinions about something often angrily
ever since the poem was first published, critics and scholars have controverted over the meaning of its concluding lines
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Recent Examples of controvert
Even assuming this is true (and this description will be controverted at trial), a monopoly by itself does not violate the antitrust laws.
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Alden Abbott, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
The appellate court noted that the woman’s testimony was controverted.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
During the upcoming weeks and through the appeal a slew of additional credible and controverting evidence will come to light.
—Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2017
Alden Abbott, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
The appellate court noted that the woman’s testimony was controverted.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
During the upcoming weeks and through the appeal a slew of additional credible and controverting evidence will come to light.
—Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for controvert
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What is Thomas Dickey arguing in Luigi Mangione's defense?Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Vance highlighted a passage from Bragg's 81-page legal brief, made public Tuesday, in which his team argued that no legal reasoning prevented Trump's sentencing from taking place before his inauguration.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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On a scene-to-scene level, Mr. Turner is packed full of delightful dialogue and wonderful scenes of 19th-century painters bickering and arguing, though its undercurrent is one of unstoppable modernity.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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Sanders bickered with a reporter who asked about his plans for the rain.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2024
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But no one could quarrel with its timely message about how much ordinary folks suffer when bombs fall on civilian targets.Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Rather than quarrel over contending strategic doctrines, academics, pundits, think tankers, and policymakers should focus on more pragmatic forms of problem solving.Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
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In recent weeks, while fighting abated on one front after Israel reached a ceasefire with Hamas’ Lebanese ally Hezbollah, members of Netanyahu’s cabinet, including his justice and police ministers, have clashed with the judiciary.Reuters, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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Duda fled Ukraine into Romania to avoid being drafted to fight in the Ukrainian war.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Controvert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/controvert. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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