Democracy, however, depends upon active public debate and action.

Whether the different methods used in that paper are more or less accurate than the original methods remains an area of active debate.

His theory brought on active debates over its pros and cons.

To do that, we need to encourage an active, critical and analytical debate in America about how that will best be done.

Some of them have active debates within their countries on that matter.

There is an active debate among biomedical researchers about the meaning and importance of race in their research.

"They feel the cause is good, and they also are sophisticated enough to know there will be an active debate about that," he asserted.

That was followed by an active academic debate about the concept, and refinement of its measurement.

There is an active debate, with no scientific consensus; the two leading reviews have come to opposite conclusions.

There is an active debate about the depth of racist conduct in Argentina.