wide-ranging debate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwide-ranginganddebate
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wide-ranging
adjective
uk/ˌwaɪdˈreɪn.dʒɪŋ/us/ˌwaɪdˈreɪn.dʒɪŋ/
covering ...
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debate
noun
uk/dɪˈbeɪt/us/dɪˈbeɪt/
(a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people ...
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These and other questions lie at the heart of awide-rangingdebatewhich this volume seeks to initiate.
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I am glad that this is awide-rangingdebate, because it will give me the chance to talk about selection, choice and excellence in education.
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We have had an interesting andwide-rangingdebatein the middle of our proceedings this evening.
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Such a wide-ranging report demands thewide-rangingdebatefor which we have provided.
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This has been an interesting andwide-rangingdebate, if at times somewhat confusing.
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We have now had a verywide-rangingdebateon this critically important matter.
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This is awide-rangingdebatewhere everything is in order.
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We have had awide-rangingdebateon the general objectives of the agency.
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To speak last in awide-rangingdebatelike this is not easy.
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This has been a very interesting and an extremelywide-rangingdebate.
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It is not often that we get a chance to have a free andwide-rangingdebateof this kind on taxation.
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That is the simple issue and it is surprising that there has been such awide-rangingdebate.
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We have had an interesting andwide-rangingdebate.
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This has been an interesting andwide-rangingdebate—the fourth on small businesses since we were elected.
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This has been a useful andwide-rangingdebate.
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We have been fortunate today in having awide-rangingdebate, albeit a four-in-one debate.
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This has been an admirable andwide-rangingdebate.
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As usual, and as might have been expected, we have had a lively andwide-rangingdebate.
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We have had a full and verywide-rangingdebate.
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This has been awide-rangingdebatecharacterised by passion for the subject, which is not unusual.
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