How to Use open to debate in a Sentence

open to debate

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Definition of open to debatenext
  • Quite what lies at the root of that respect is open to debate.
    — New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Whether Schultz or Mike Gesicki is the top free agent is open to debate.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2022
  • As for the decision to start Civale, that’s open to debate.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The technology to achieve the feat is still open to debate.
    — Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Like much about the Incas, their origins are open to debate.
    — Gerard Helferich, WSJ, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Which of the two means will be successful is equally open to debate.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Whether that’s essential to the plot or just another bit of cool weirdness thrown in for the heck of it is open to debate.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Whether or not Trump has good reason, as Cheeseman puts it, to shut down TikTok is open to debate.
    — Luke McGee, CNN, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Whether that notion has been effective or not is open to debate.
    — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2021
  • What is not open to debate is the simple fact that printing money does not, by itself, create wealth.
    — Martin Leo Rivers, Forbes, 15 June 2021
  • Like all big-bucket categories, what is and isn’t a disaster movie is open to debate.
    — Harry Guinness, Outside Online, 26 Jan. 2023
  • That last point is open to debate, given the lurching nature of Mr. Johnson’s response to the pandemic.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 22 July 2021
  • Therefore the conclusion that the number is transcendent is still open to debate.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Granted, this is open to debate, but the Bruins, even in the hours following their most recent loss, have the most identifiable roster among the town’s four major sports.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2021
  • Whether Yuan himself or the prospect of access to a cyclotron had a greater influence on Wu's transfer decision remains open to debate!
    — Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2023
  • How much the crypto explosion has helped Rockdale’s economy is open to debate.
    — Washington Post, 8 July 2021
  • Just how popular social audio will become is still open to debate.
    — NBC News, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Before the Russia-Ukraine War conflict, those statues that never left became a fixture of an old world, open to debate and even respectful sport.
    — Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • That’s likely due to changing levels of methane, a warming greenhouse gas, Mitri says, adding that the exact cause of cooling and warming on Titan is open to debate.
    — Erica Naone, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2019
  • And while the impact of the pro-Ukraine, anti-Putin demonstrations remains open to debate, what is clear is that Western leaders are feeling emboldened to move more forcefully.
    — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Whether this reflects a sound assessment of Russian intentions or merely a projection of U.S. values is open to debate.
    — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Most people would agree that a statement that someone or something is racist or sexist is, in many cases, open to debate—there is no litmus test for discrimination.
    — Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • How much this elucidates the music is open to debate, but Sibelius proceeds from a somber cello solo (exquisitely played by Christopher Adkins) through contrasts of busy sonic swirls and eddies and great brassy slabs of sound.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Others disagree about that, but Nelson hardly took a breath and barely touched his French toast while making his case that what Diablo Canyon safely produces is clean, reliable and cheap (the last point is open to debate).
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Or is is because Hansen has engaged in subjective conversations about future scenarios, which are very much open to debate?
    — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2010
  • How to dial down those tensions is open to debate, with some policy experts stressing that this show of strength remains the best deterrence for North Korean aggression.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
  • But an interpolation, in which a musical or lyrical element of one song is replayed in a different song, is often more open to debate.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 16 June 2022
  • What comprises the Mid-Atlantic region can be open to debate, but perhaps the most geographically correct way of thinking about it is as the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
    — Washington Post, 4 June 2021
  • From the decades of disruption, the Rhine region received a major economic boost (as well as a reduction in malaria—although whether that was due to Rhine engineering or other factors is open to debate).
    — Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Just how far employers must go is open to debate – but the Supreme Court has repeatedly signaled an interest in expanding religious rights, not limiting them.
    — Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2022

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