thoughtful debate

collocation in English

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thoughtful
adjective
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/ˈθɔːt.fəl/us
/ˈθɑːt.fəl/
carefully ...
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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 ofthoughtfulanddebatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Because the categorisation of knowledge is a fundamental political act which defines social relations in terms of power and allocation of resources, its construction warrantsthoughtfuldebate.
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We have had an extremely well-informed andthoughtfuldebate.
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By and large, it has been a good-humoured and sometimesthoughtfuldebate.
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I, too, think that this has been athoughtfuldebate.
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Once again, we have had a detailed andthoughtfuldebate.
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I welcome the opportunity to participate in athoughtfuldebate.
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We have had a most interesting andthoughtfuldebate.
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Finally, this has been a calm, unprejudiced,thoughtfuldebate.
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We have had a good andthoughtfuldebate, in terms of quality more than quantity.
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I am pleased to be able to take part in thisthoughtfuldebate.
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I shall explain my reasons, because this should be athoughtfuldebate.
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This has been an interesting andthoughtfuldebate.
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We have had a brisk and ratherthoughtfuldebate.
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This has been a constructive andthoughtfuldebate.
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We then had a useful andthoughtfuldebate.
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This has been a quiet andthoughtfuldebate.
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On the whole, this has been a serious andthoughtfuldebate, in keeping with the gravity of the issue.
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It has been an extremely interesting andthoughtfuldebate.
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I thank my noble friend for offering us and introducing for us such athoughtfuldebate.
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I am up for a temperate andthoughtfuldebateon any issue.
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