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debates
/dəˈbeɪts/
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What does debates mean?
noun
- plural of debate
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of debate
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/dəˈbeɪts/
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Another branch of collective labor, which of late years has given rise to sharp debates, is that of public works.
And often all the men, Mr. Leivers as well, had bitter debates on the nationalizing of the land and similar problems.
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Among other duties that fell to my lot at this period were numerous suffrage debates with prominent opponents of the Cause.
We have unfortunately few records of the animated debates which took place at this time between the old and new schools of geologists.
The debates of schoolboys, their discussions what they shall do, and how it shall be done, are anticipations of the scenes of maturer life.