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noun • a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true • a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement • a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal • a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie • (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program • a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable • a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | ||||||||
| 40% | 6 | A contretemps or fight | ||||||
noun • an angry dispute | ||||||||
| 40% | 10 | A contretemps or fiasco | ||||||
noun • (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess | ||||||||
Contretemps Are Not Shortened When Stick Is Introduced Crossword Clue
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ARGUMENT which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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ARGUMENT
Updated: October 14, 2023
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