The phrase "argued used" is not correct in written English.
It seems to be a combination of two separate words that do not form a coherent expression.
Example: "The points argued were not used effectively in the discussion."
Alternatives: "asserted points" or "points made".
The U.S., he argued, used to do great things like sending people to the moon and building the interstate highway system, but now it can't do anything right.
China and the U.S., he argued, used to have a symbiotic relationship and formed a tightly integrated unit that he calls Chimerica.
Citizens in Western democracies, he argued, used to find personal fulfillment in political participation; now, they were coming to feel that the democratic process was a lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing, and that democratic politicians were con artists.
Also, she argued, using SP in an epidemic may actually speed the spread of malaria.
Soon, Gates argued, using a PC won't necessarily require sitting at a desk and typing at a keyboard.
Phillips et al. have recently argued, using survey data, that the folk concept of happiness is a mix of psychological and evaluative (Phillips, Misenheimer, et al. 2011).
"Popular culture," he argues, "used to draw people to what they liked.
The government, Starr argues, used billions of dollars from A.I.G. to settle credit-default swaps the insurer had with banks like Goldman Sachs.
The researchers, Bing argues, used its API to execute queries instead of performing its searches directly on Bing.com.
Brakhage, Allegro argues, used his films to reference this primordial space, employing his whole body: "His body fused with his eye; the camera fused with his body".
Now gun absolutists will argue – using dubious evidence - that the presence of more guns decreases crime.
