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"ref": "2020 May 20, David Thrower, Ian Wray, “Revisiting the plan for developing the North's rail network”, in Rail, page 40",
"text": "One argument is that \"the virus has changed everything\" and that people will work from home and travel much less, easing capacity pressures.\nBut there is a counter argument whereby we may all discover that, longer-term, many jobs cannot after all be effectively carried out from home indefinitely.",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"word": "контраргуме́нт"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"word": "contraargumento"
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
"word": "kontrargüman"
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
"tags": [
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"word": "contre-argument"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
"tags": [
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"word": "Gegenargument"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "antepicheírima",
"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
"tags": [
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"word": "αντεπιχείρημα"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
"word": "ellenérv"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "contrādictiō"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kontrargument"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "contra-argumento"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
"word": "contra argument"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kontrargumént",
"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "контраргуме́нт"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "contraargumento"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
"tags": [
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"word": "motargument"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
"word": "kontrargüman"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kontrarhumént",
"sense": "an argument that is opposed to another argument",
"tags": [
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"word": "контраргуме́нт"
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