as in to debate
to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion
we discussed the new proposal for the school stadium
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Zhao discusses the grieving mother’s inability to let Hamnet go.
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The Brentwood City Council was scheduled to hold a special meeting Tuesday night to discuss the matter.
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Edwards went over to the center after the play, discussed the situation, patted Gobert and moved forward.
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Lawmakers have already started to discuss how Connecticut can address the uncertainty surrounding federal vaccine policy during the upcoming legislative session.
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Opposite a serene Rooney Mara and a raging Claire Foy, Buckley is a lone dissenting voice in Sarah Polley’s heart-wrenching portrait of a group of women and girls in an isolated Mennonite colony who are debating how to respond to a series of brutal attacks from the men in their community.—
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The band was the first to sanction fan taping at their concerts, spawning an abundance of homespun recordings that have been collected, traded and debated for decades.—
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The conviction was later vacated in 2016, after a new legal team argued that Max’s original trial lawyer had a conflict of interest in the case.—
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Schumer on Saturday persisted in arguing that Republicans should accept a one-year extension of the subsidies before negotiating the future of the tax credits.—
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
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“Discuss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discuss. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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