The meaning of the text has been the subject of considerable/intense/lively 'debate' among scholars for many years.
She was on the 'debating team' [=a group that competes against other teams in formal debates] at school.
Whether or not the tax cuts benefit the lower classes is still hotly 'debated' among economists.
(..) You are in fact a Mr. Scott... who postulated the theory of transwarp beaming? That's what I'm talking about. How'd ya think I wound up here? I had a little debate with my instructor on the issue... of relativistic physics... and how it pertains to subspace travel. He seemed to think that (..)2009 Star Trek