ingenious argument

collocation in English

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ingenious
adjective
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/ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/us
/ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/
(of a person) very intelligent and skilful, or (of a thing) skilfully made or planned and involving new ideas ...
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us
/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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(Definition ofingeniousandargumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Stoljar agrees with us that experiences have propositional content, and uses this fact as part of hisingeniousargumentthat we have an unstable position.
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Everyingeniousargumentis produced, and withering scorn is poured on those who dare to attack the concept of a continuing monopoly.
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It is aningeniousargumentto try to prove that a moving film is a series of still photographs.
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That is a veryingeniousargument, but it will not do.
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It was a veryingeniousargumentand evoked a great deal of sympathy.
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I think that is a veryingeniousargument, but it will equally apply to every form of subscription that you could imagine.
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It is aningeniousargumentto say that in 1991 so many days were lost.
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That sounds an extremely interesting andingeniousargument.
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He adduces oningeniousargumentfor refusing an export licence—because it is in an earthquake zone.
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That is an interesting and aningeniousargument, but it did not carry me altogether.
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That is aningeniousargument, but we had better leave the situation as it is.
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We hear aningeniousargumentin favour of the minimum wage—that it will save money, and will stop employers paying below-market rates and exploiting family credit.
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That is a mostingeniousargument.
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That is a veryingeniousargument.
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It was a quiteingeniousargumentto found it on some imaginary analogy with a company which had nothing whatever to do with the argument we are discussing.
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Some ingenious arguments have been advanced to explain why sauce for the goose cannot under any circumstances be sauce for the gander.
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I listened with great interest to the ingenious arguments of earlier speakers.
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I know that it has been defended by ingenious arguments.
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I have often found this to underlie some of his ingenious arguments.
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For all his ingenious arguments, smiles and charm, he did not make that case successfully.
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