subject of debate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubjectanddebate
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subject
adjective
uk/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/us/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
to have or experience a particular thing, especially ...
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debate
noun
uk/dɪˈbeɪt/us/dɪˈbeɪt/
(a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people ...
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(Definition ofsubjectanddebatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The theory has long been asubjectofdebate.
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The in-uence of prenatal diagnosis on the peri- and postnatal management and outcome is still thesubjectofdebate.
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They have been thesubjectofdebatein recent years.
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However, the slipperiness and instability of such oppositions has also, and rightly, been thesubjectofdebate.
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What early molecular biologists meant by "information," however, has been thesubjectofdebate.
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However, this interpretation lately has been asubjectofdebate.
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Here we are at the door of a great mystery, which has long been thesubjectofdebatein philosophy.
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Whether this is possible, in principle, is likely to be thesubjectofdebatefor some time.
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While the biological relationship of lactation to ovulation is generally understood, the specific mechanisms which control this process are still thesubjectofdebate.
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The nature of sound change has been thesubjectofdebateamong linguists for a long time.
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This issue has been thesubjectofdebateamong analysts (6;7;34;60).
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Capturing the right balance is asubjectofdebate.
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One further question that is thesubjectofdebateconcerns the nature of the knowledge implied by the use of fillers.
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This fact has been asubjectofdebateamongst feminist scholars seeking to use postmodernism as an effective framework for revisioning history from a gendered perspective.
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The relation between these new results and the classical ones on the effect of surface tension is not yet clear and remains asubjectofdebate.
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For this reason, it needs to be acknowledged that as a political notion, dignity is both a fittingsubjectofdebateand deliberation and a beneficiary of public policy.
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You can see, therefore, that this is no longer asubjectofdebate.
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