partisan debate

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meaningsofpartisananddebate

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partisan
adjective
uk
/ˌpɑː.tɪˈzæn/us
/ˈpɑːr.t̬ə.zən/
strongly supporting a person, principle, or political party, often without considering or judging the matter ...
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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 ofpartisananddebatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Education is far too important for apartisandebate.
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The private security industry cannot and should not be the subject ofpartisandebate.
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It has not been a particularlypartisandebate, but in every contribution it has been thoughtful.
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That gives me no pleasure, other than the obvious opportunities forpartisandebate, which do not take us too far forward.
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Not unnaturally, this has been a highly charged and highlypartisandebate.
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Such matters should not be part of apartisandebate; they are about giving a more effective service.
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I know that this is apartisandebate; that is normal, and probably right.
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Understandably, this has not been apartisandebate.
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It has had the agreeable hallmarks of a civilised conversation rather than a party politicalpartisandebate.
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It is a subject for informed discussion, not forpartisandebate.
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It is a pleasant alternative to the rather pinpricking type of political andpartisandebatewhich we might have had.
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On that occasion we did not have a very highlypartisandebate.
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It has been an unusually well-informed debate—not apartisandebate.
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This was beginning to turn into a ratherpartisandebate.
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