The phrase "as she debated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a moment when someone is considering different options or arguments before making a decision.
Example: "As she debated the merits of each proposal, she realized that she needed more information to make an informed choice."
Alternatives: "as she contemplated" or "while she pondered".
"You feel, you know, patriotic these days," said Patricia DePentima as she debated whether to buy the predominantly red Liberty over the blue at the Hermès boutique at a mall in Vienna, Va.
As she debated what to do Wednesday and went back and forth with herself on why she should bow out and why she ought to soldier on, Williams imagined herself playing Lisicki with a racket that felt like concrete in her hand.
PAGE B2 Obituaries HARRIET MCBRYDE JOHNSON, 50 A writer and lawyer who became a champion for the rights of the disabled, she rose to prominence following a magazine profile that followed her as she debated a Princeton professor who argued that drastically disabled newborns could be killed.
It was an argument that the shadow minister for transport, Lilian Greenwood, repeated several times as she debated with Patrick McLoughlin, the secretary of state for transport, and Mike Thornton, the Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson, during the Guardian's Big Transport Debate on 3 March.
Being an MP should be "a cause not a career" said Labour's Margaret Curran as she debated calls to pay Parliamentarians more money.
She is portrayed in the This House play, as she debated the role of the whips with Conservative MP Brooks Newmark who used to the job for his party.
Maybe Lerum will be one of those present to insulate Rhee as she "debates" Ravitch on February 6. (Rhee would not agree to debate Ravitch mano a mano).
The selling of Meg Whitman has been underway for more than a year, the billionaire ex-eBay CEO and public affairs novice assiduously promoting herself as a potential governor of the nation's largest state even as she dodges debates and substantive interviews.
The prime minister confirmed she would be prepared to press the nuclear button if necessary as she opened a debate about whether the UK should spend up to £40bn replacing four submarines that carry nuclear warheads.
Before Tuesday, Ms. Palin had not met any world leaders, and the campaign wants to fill that experience gap quickly, especially as she prepares to debate Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic vice-presidential nominee and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Now, after appearing alongside her allies Natalie Bennett, the English Greens leader and her friend Leanne Wood, leader of the Welsh nationalist Plaid Cymru, Sturgeon seemed even to going beyond Scotland, as she said the debate on ITV amounted to an advert for the "progressive alternative" they hope to offer all UK voters.
