endless debate

collocation in English

meaningsofendlessanddebate

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endless
adjective
uk
/ˈend.ləs/us
/ˈend.ləs/
never finishing, or seeming never ...
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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 ofendlessanddebatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some that were not relevant were tried and sometimes dropped in a limitless andendlessdebatewhich some admirers described as 'free-wheeling'.
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That is why he was such a marvelous liar, why his story lives on, and why it will continue to inspireendlessdebateuntil the end of time.
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If we include broad areas, it undoubtedly leads toendlessdebate.
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Finally, on the heated debate concerning terminology, we have in the explanatory memorandum a satisfactory compromise for what seems to be anendlessdebate.
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We should not be plunged immediately into anendlessdebateabout whether we do or do not need further constitutional change.
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It could not make profits, and managers spent their life inendlessdebatewith shop stewards.
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We might ask ourselves why there is thisendlessdebateabout what to do in the case of television.
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It is not helpful to continue theendlessdebateabout the distinction between heavy social drinkers and alcoholics.
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It is also important that we cease thisendlessdebateabout something in which we have invested a huge amount of money, time and skill.
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It could be a matter for perhapsendlessdebate.
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There is anendlessdebateabout how best to focus one's aid programme.
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Afterendlessdebate, obstruction and argument we at last received permission to continue an arrangement which was valuable to us and to our traditional suppliers.
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Here the solution isendlessdebate, conciliation, staff meetings and the holding of assemblies.
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One alternative is to go on havingendlessdebatenight in and night out, recess in and recess out, until some late day.
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The issue has been the subject ofendlessdebateand consultation.
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We have hadendlessdebate, and a plethora of agencies, boards and taskforces have been set up, all of which do useful and dedicated work.
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Those are powerful considerations, but can we, on the other hand, contemplate the interminable delays andendlessdebatewhich is inevitably associated with the administrative solution?
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What does thisendlessdebateteach us?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Obviously, the reasons for the choice or non-choice cannot be given, because that would lead toendlessdebateand would not assist the establishment of an organisation in any area.
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There has beenendlessdebateabout the hardship caused to second and third families, but there has been little or no discussion about the hardship experienced by one-parent families.
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