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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a controversial approach" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a method or strategy that is likely to provoke differing opinions or debates among people.
Example: "The researchers adopted a controversial approach to studying climate change, which sparked intense discussions in the scientific community."
Alternatives: "a contentious method" or "a disputed strategy".
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It's a controversial approach that some scientists have compared to "having burglars install your locks".
In an industry that lives on new products, that is a controversial approach.
It would be a controversial approach, but a more educated one.
As well as poisoning coca plants with aerial spraying - a controversial approach that sometimes destroys food crops - generous grants ease rural communities out of the grip of drugs.
In early January, Dover High School's science teachers refused to read to ninth-graders a short statement written by the school board that criticizes evolution and cites a controversial approach called Intelligent Design as an alternative.
In doing so they resisted calls to take the banks into public ownership and opted instead for a regime of "stress tests", a controversial approach that had to be adapted over time but appeared ultimately to work: American banks are now better capitalised than they have been for decades.The real economy also needed instant attention.
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Although retinal cells also have been produced from human embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotency represents a less controversial approach.
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This is a highly controversial approach, however, because of its indiscriminate destruction of crops and the uncertainty about its health effects.
The team used a somewhat controversial approach called mucosal tolerance.
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