Claim and Debate

Claim

Claim noun - An entitlement to something.

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Debate and claim are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Debate" instead the word "Claim" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: claimed, claiming, claimant

Debate noun - A careful weighing of the reasons for or against something.

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Claim and debate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Claim" instead the word "Debate" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: debated, debatable, debater, debating

best	best claim	best debate
similar	similar claim	similar debate
common	common claim	common debate
current	current claim	current debate
Other adjectives: free, many, actual, entire, real, big, serious, little, infamous, major, general, final, primary, above, last.

I won't get into a debate about Neville here, but I will address the claim that he "seems to hate the canon".

Source: Fanfic Recs / Harry Potter Day In The Lime Light
While fact checking the third presidential debate, they claim to have already fact-checked Donald Trump's quote about the NAFTA.

Source: Website / The Onion
Within the long-lasting debate between scientists and creationists, the latter went so far to claim Archaeopteryx fossils are just fake.

Source: Useful Notes / Stock Dinosaurs (True Dinosaurs)

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