Thesaurus results for DISCUSSES

discusses

verb

present tense third-person singular of discuss

as in argues

to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion we discussed the new proposal for the school stadium

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Recent Examples of discusses Kinney discusses sharing scenes once again with onscreen sibling Lauren Cohan. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026 Wharton professor Peter Conti-Brown discusses whether the banking system offers a useful model for supervising powerful AI companies. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 What to read next In the book, there's a section that discusses introducing greenhouse gas to the Martian atmosphere in order for humans to walk around without a spacesuit. — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026 The book discusses Andrew Carnegie, one of the wealthiest people of the late 19th and early 20th century. — John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 In the messages, the person Rose is talking to, labeled Hayden, discusses being hurt by their mother’s behavior. — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 21 Aug. 2026 When Sean Mannion discusses staying on schedule, this is an example. — Zach Berman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Below, during a conversation with THR, Taylor-Joy also discusses key changes made to Jonathan Tropper’s adaptation of Marissa Stapley’s novel Lucky, before revealing what made her first day on set acutely emotional. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026 Here, Schneider discusses the history behind the film, recreating the 1980s on a student budget and the morality plaguing the climate crisis conversation. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026

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Conversely, another group argues that given the upside risks to inflation, the year-end rate should likely be higher than the current target range.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Dolly Parton stood up for undocumented immigrants when few others would, argues columnist Gustavo Arellano.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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While his party debates abolishing prisons and owning grocery stores, Democratic Mayor Daniel Lurie is cleaning up his city.

— Kate Andrews, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
The show, which has been on air for 15 years, uses a roundtable format in which the panel debates politics, pop culture and other current events.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026

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