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argue for
verb as in advocate
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verb as in justify
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Example Sentences
More housebuilding will also require new Labour MPs, many of whom claimed long-term Conservative seats in last year's election landslide, to face down local campaigners arguing against development and argue for prioritising growth instead.
The experts argue for a new model that looks at signs of obesity affecting organs in the body - such as heart disease, breathlessness, type 2 diabetes or joint pain - and their damaging impact on daily life.
She was waiting for me in the parking lot to give me a tour of the unloved building and argue for its virtue — and survival.
Rather than mentioning those supposed practical considerations, treatises from the early Christian centuries draw from biblical inferences, contemporary understanding of time and calendrical math to argue for its case.
These books or websites explicitly argue for hierarchical relationships, with women and children chastened to live their lives in unquestioning submission to patriarchal authority.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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