debatable
adjective
de·bat·able di-ˈbā-tə-bəl 
dē-
1
: claimed by more than one country
debatable border territory
2
a
: open to dispute : questionable
the debatable wisdom of his advice
b
: open to debate
3
: capable of being debated
Examples of debatable in a Sentence
it's always debatable which college football team is really number one, since there's more than one ranking system the debatable wisdom of going back for another helping from the buffet
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Though whether this return to Gilead is interesting enough to exist is debatable. —
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026 And that is, to say the least, debatable. —Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 9 Apr. 2026 And that is, to say the least, debatable. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026 But Huang was using a broad, debatable definition tied to AI being able to do a person’s job—or even run a billion-dollar company—rather than the more common definition of AI that is as capable as a human across the entire range of cognitive abilities. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for debatable
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026 And that is, to say the least, debatable. —Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 9 Apr. 2026 And that is, to say the least, debatable. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026 But Huang was using a broad, debatable definition tied to AI being able to do a person’s job—or even run a billion-dollar company—rather than the more common definition of AI that is as capable as a human across the entire range of cognitive abilities. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for debatable
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“Debatable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/debatable. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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