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debate

Politics
1. a formal discussion, as in a legislative body, in which opposing arguments are put forward
2. the formal presentation and opposition of a specific motion, followed by a vote
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Her gawkiness, in everything from debate class to softball, at the tony private Grove School in San Francisco, is beyond the pale, especially when we observe that her after-school job is as a rock-climbing instructor at a trendy indoor gym.
Showing a controversial R-rated movie to his logic and debate class of 17- and 18-year olds without getting his principal's prior approval, as required by the "controversial materials" policy of Colorado's Jefferson County School District.
The most famous of my fellow New Hampshiremen, Daniel Webster, said it best: "Justice is the highest concern of man on Earth." You're not there as a student in debate class, to argue whichever side you're assigned; you're there to tell the truth as you know it to a jury of laymen who don't know what you know, but desperately need to learn it to give themselves a framework within which to make the correct and just decision.