The phrase "a debate continued" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that a discussion or argument is ongoing or has resumed after a pause.
Example: "After a brief intermission, a debate continued on the implications of climate change policies."
Alternatives: "a discussion persisted" or "a conversation carried on".
A37 BUSINESS DAY C1-8 Rift on Rates in Europe A debate continues over whether the European Central Bank should raise interest rates, with a series of troubling economic reports seeming to challenge the notion that Europe is on a sustainable growth path.
A debate continues on how much nandrolone use is intentional and unintentional.
A debate continues to rage about whether hedge funds are contributing to higher energy prices.
A debate continues to rage, meanwhile, about whether a mosque and community center should be built two blocks from where the World Trade Center stood.
Even more competition could follow in Chicago as a debate continues over whether to allow casinos in the city and its south suburbs.
A debate continues to this day over whether the five justices in the majority were motivated by politics or by the neutral principles they invoked.
PAGE 11 DEBATING THE CAUSE OF RIOTS After the widespread rioting in several cities in Britain, a debate continues to rage across the country -- in Parliament and in the streets -- as to why it took place.
A debate continues among Mexican academics over whether spending one's early years in a jail causes mental problems later in life, but for the moment the law says babies must stay with their mothers.
Even as a debate continues in the court over whether its decisions should ever cite foreign law, a diminishing number of foreign courts seem to pay attention to the writings of American justices.
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