Thesaurus results for ARGUER

arguer

noun

Definition of arguer

as in debater

a person who takes part in a dispute he's is demand on the Sunday morning political shows because he's an eager and indefatigable arguer

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Recent Examples of arguer Martha’s father, a law professor, had trained her to be a rational, step-by-step arguer. — Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026

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Research has previously shown that AI models can be extremely persuasive, more so than even the best human salespeople or debaters.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Personal laptops allow debaters to research, organize evidence and prepare for tournaments during free periods.

— Kavin Bendre, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of debater

Noun

Benjamin Song, the lead defendant in the Texas case, furthered his activist career in a leftist gun club that used the A/I Collective’s NoBlogs platform to post pro-insurrection messaging.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026
Surveillance video from the Cedar Glenn complex showed Brunson, Newman, and another unnamed co-defendant jumping a fence, approaching a Chevrolet Suburban, and fleeing after being confronted by a witness.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of defendant

Noun

The plaintiffs asked a Sacramento federal judge to block the enforcement of SB 54 until the court has ruled on the constitutionality of the law.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Mosseri said the plaintiff lawyers are incorrect in suggesting that Meta also reduced the number of researchers studying youth mental health harms after Haugen’s leaks.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of plaintiff

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The Jay Treaty asked the disputants merely to start a process leading to the appointment of arbitrators qualified to decide their disputes fairly and finally.

— Tom Bell, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025
The audience and actor are like disputants kept in different rooms, forbidden to see each other fully.

— Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025

Definition of disputant

Noun

Popular and literary myth tells that when martyrs die on the soil, the earth receiving their blood will give forth new fighters, thus the roses scattered on the cracking mud.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Well, Kaatri is a fighter and the warlock at the heart of this story.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of fighter

Noun

So are 44 of 50 state attorneys general, dozens of Indian tribes, consumer advocates, addiction experts, and an increasingly bipartisan contingent on Capitol Hill.

— Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Satish Thiagarjan, founder and CEO of Brysa, advocates using a scoring system rather than relying on instinct.

— Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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