principal argument
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Oz’s energetic campaigning has been his principal argument for himself.
From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2022
In early 2006, the coalition hired Wiley to advise Saddam’s lawyers, whose principal argument was that the court itself was illegal.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 18, 2016
His principal argument was the “sheer confusion” over the similarity between Australia and New Zealand’s flags.
From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2016
One principal argument for diagnosing depression early is that even with a genetic predisposition, depression isn’t cemented into the psyche; the very fluidity of preschoolers’ mental states seems to make them more treatable.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2010
The principal argument made against this so-called liberty of industry was that Masters and his fellow-workers were becoming rich.
From The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian by Harding, Ellison
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