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Adjective
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Fake or illegitimate reviews plague the internet, and such reviews are particularly problematic within fintechs, where customer trust is imperative to ensure confidence in services tied to sensitive information, such as your banking details or other personally identifiable information.—
Branden Abushanab,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025 -
Other areas where eclipse weather will be problematic will be near and along the Pacific coast of Washington, Oregon, and northern and central California where a marine layer of low clouds will be in place at eclipse time.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Treasuries have been around for a long time, but their underlying purpose is debatable at best.—
DP Opinion,
The Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2025
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Whether Musk's emails and social media posts constitute a writing sufficient to constitute an actual contract or charitable trust between the parties is debatable.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The team has identified a number of arguable problems with the Modell Law that could convince the courts to side with the team.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Here is a deep dive into these NBA superstars' social media metrics: Lebron James The arguable GOAT is one of the most popular figures on Instagram, with 160 million followers and a top audience demographic of men 25 to 34 years old.—
Maxwell Millington,
Axios,
16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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So the public shouldn’t be resigned to the idea that ethics rules are somehow moot under Trump.—
Abdallah Fayyad,
Vox,
14 Mar. 2025
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With the question of whether Musker or Clements or any other principal had ever come in contact with Woodall’s Bucky materials the primary question before the jury, any issue of similarity between the Hawaii setting and Polynesian demigods in Bucky and Moana was moot.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Some questionable late-race maneuvering saw Hamilton finish tenth, nine spots back of McLaren’s Lando Norris, eight spots behind longtime rival Verstappen, and seven spots worse than former Mercedes-AMG Petronas teammate, George Russell.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
18 Mar. 2025
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By Musk's logic, cracking down on questionable payments – such as those handled by payees without valid SSNs – is crucial to saving taxpayer money.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Contestable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contestable. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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