intense debate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintenseanddebate
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intense
adjective
uk/ɪnˈtens/us/ɪnˈtens/
extreme and forceful or (of a feeling) ...
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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 ofintenseanddebatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofintense debate
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Both issues are subjects ofintensedebatein the globalization and varieties of capitalism literature.
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The relative validity of the gateway and common liability models has been the topic ofintensedebatesince the early 1970s.
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As one would expect from science distilled fromintensedebate, these volumes are a rich source of information.
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These equations have stimulatedintensedebateand important advances in both methods.
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At roughly the same time, in the late 1960s, anintensedebatearose in the daily press on issues related to immigration.
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As not only a transnational political economy but also a very personal experience, it invitesintensedebate' ' (28).
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What caused the melting, where the melting occurred, and the nature of the starting materials are still subjects ofintensedebate.
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The parliamentary session seems to have become anintensedebateover the freedom to teach and the nature of public education.
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It is an appropriate contribution and many of the chapters will, through various reasons, provokeintensedebateamong vertebrate palaeontologists and evolutionary biologists.
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These scandals led to a period ofintensedebateabout the scope and limitations of research involving human subjects.
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Senegalese feel free to criticise their leaders openly, while engaging inintensedebateover the best alternatives.
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Bursts ofintensedebatehave been followed by years of scholarly silence, and questions that were raised in the early days of rock writing remain unresolved today.
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The currentintensedebateabout the technology has obscured the fact that the choice for developing countries may not simply lie in accepting or rejecting the technology altogether.
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Quirk has not answered any of these questions: that he has raised some very provocative questions is, of course, in itself a contribution to anintensedebate.
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Heartfelt thanks to all those who have spoken in this short butintensedebate.
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There has been anintensedebatein the medical profession about the ethics of doctors using their medical knowledge in the administration of death.
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Let me spend a little time on two issues which have been the subject of yourintensedebate.
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Most, if not all, of the issues they raise were the subject ofintensedebatewithin all the institutions.
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The forum witnessed anintensedebate, and one that looked to the future, on many of the themes of the annual report.
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