How to Use counterargument in a Sentence

counterargument

noun
  • There is also the counterargument that users don't have to stay on the site.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But neither side can fully claim to be right, and there are strong counterarguments to both sides.
    — Christian Paz, Vox, 2 July 2024
  • But there’s a counterargument to that.
    — Big Think, 6 Feb. 2026
  • But a bad argument for the cut does not redeem a worse counterargument.
    — John H. Cochrane, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Trump will be able to respond to Smith's counterargument, and his deadline to do so is next week.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The counterargument here is that more MLS games are good for him in the long run.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The counterargument to that malaise came wrapped in a corn shell both soft and crispy at the same time, a puffy taco filled with lush beef picadillo.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The counterargument is that a molehill can soon enough become a mountain.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • The counterargument is that states will suffer if rich taxpayers move to a lower-tax state.
    — Kathleen Pender, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 May 2018
  • What’s the counterargument to why to impose this kind of management system in the first place?
    — Recode Staff, Recode, 19 May 2018
  • Cheval Blanc, the city's newest, makes a good counterargument.
    — Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Trying to cut through the thicket of the mayor's counterarguments, I got lost in the weeds.
    — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The counterargument is that this is necessary to defend against the erosion of norms.
    — W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 8 Apr. 2022
  • But what about the counterarguments?
    — Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • The counterargument, of course, is that those kinds of projects also would have realized their potential on a big screen.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2022
  • Now, the counterargument here is that AI is not a camera, and that a camera is a camera.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 May 2024
  • One counterargument to the overkill hypothesis is that ancient climate change killed off all those huge beasts.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 31 July 2017
  • The counterargument is that, despite the central bank’s protests, the timing and manner of these cuts matter.
    — The Economist, 30 June 2018
  • The novel wants to establish Klara as a counterargument to this.
    — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The counterargument is that if fault isn’t included, such as a no-fault law, this means that one side is going to take things presumably on the chin.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • But the counterarguments are also hefty.
    — U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The counterargument goes that a slew of Tesla’s rivals are still struggling with teething issues.
    — Esha Dey, Fortune, 17 July 2023
  • The counterargument is that his lifetime batting stats don’t quite reach Hall of Fame levels.
    — William McGurn, WSJ, 24 June 2019
  • The counterargument is the Packers' aggressive passing is what got them into field goal range in the first place.
    — Mike Sando, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The macro backdrop isn't offering much of a counterargument.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 5 June 2026
  • Last week, the defense had the same time to present a counterargument to a Senate controlled by a party that wants it all over already.
    — Graeme McMillan, Wired, 2 Feb. 2020
  • The counterargument is that the world is filled with so many visible atrocities right now that a make-believe movie poster seems like the least of our problems.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Arias will then be allowed to reply to the state's counterargument before the case goes before a three-judge panel for oral argument.
    — Michael Kiefer, azcentral, 6 July 2018
  • The counterargument — and a really compelling one — lies 130 miles to the south.
    — Curbed, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The counterargument is that the system doesn’t allow for a CBA.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Apr. 2025

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