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  1. debatesnoun

    Plural form of debate.

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  1. debates

    Debate is a process that involves formal discourse on a particular topic, often including a moderator and audience. In a debate, arguments are put forward for often opposing viewpoints. Debates have historically occurred in public meetings, academic institutions, debate halls, coffeehouses, competitions, and legislative assemblies. Debate has also been conducted for educational and recreational purposes, usually associated with educational establishments and debating societies. These debates put an emphasis upon logical consistency, factual accuracy, and emotional appeal to an audience. Modern forms of competitive debate also include rules for participants to discuss and decide upon the framework of the debate (how the debate will be judged).

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  1. debates

    Plural form and verb form of the word debate.

    The debates were very effective and efficient and ensured that the priority was health and then the shared prosperity of all on planet earth.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 9, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DEBATES

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Debates is ranked #54178 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Debates surname appeared 381 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Debates.

    95.8% or 365 total occurrences were White.
    1.5% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Anagrams for debates »

  1. beasted

  2. bestead

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of debates in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of debates in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of debates in a Sentence

  1. President Barack Obama:

    Part of the challenge of this is that the gun debate gets wrapped up in broader debates about whether the federal government is oppressive and there are conspiracy theories floating around the Internet these days all the time.

  2. Tom Mludzinski:

    We had seen 'Remain' holding a comfortable lead, but after the debates and the agenda switching to immigration, it has narrowed the gap with 'Leave' now in touching distance.

  3. Donald Trump:

    They've been hitting me one way or the other. I just want to have the debates. I like the debates. They can ask tough questions. ... I just want to answer the questions and be done with it, frankly.

  4. Liz Cheney:

    The conference meeting yesterday opened with, and was focused on, what America will look like if Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are running this country, and how important it is for us all to be unified against that, whether or not we have debates and discussions internally, as I'm sure we will continue to do, we are going to be absolutely united going forward on the big issues.

  5. Bob Smietana:

    They tapped into the critical race theory debates long before it became popular in the regular media.

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