"incited debates" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you are trying to express that an event or circumstance has triggered a discussion or argument. For example, "The new policy changes have incited debates between employees and higher management."
Making reference to Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, and Marissa Mayer, the chief executive of Yahoo – two powerful women who have recently incited debates over work-life balance – Ms. Callan draws lessons from her experience.
The recent deliberations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDAA) regarding the relationship between antidepressants and suicidality in children have incited debates about the safety of these medications for the treatment of pediatric depression.
It has incited debate on each side of the issue.
If nothing else, it's done what all ambitious television drama should and incited debate.
Photograph: Jim Cox/AP Rarely has a Broadway musical incited debate about the history of gay people in America, but A Catered Affair, the new brainchild of former drag queen Harvey Fierstein, author of Torch Song Trilogy and La Cage aux Folles, is an exception to the rule.
Similarly, the acceptance of birth control advocate Elizabeth Bagshaw and gay rights campaigner Brent Hawkes also incited debate.
While the release of this footage has incited debate about how humane Halal slaughter is, Andrew Tyler, director of Animal Aid, told VICE News that this is not a Halal-focused problem.
The movie is entertaining enough to be a hit — its domestic grosses are currently approaching $150 million — and provocative enough to incite debate among historians and Op-Ed columnists.
Bella's clothes for Jaeger may be too subdued to incite debate, but they are also too cool to be dismissed.
In response to the Caesar mess, artists have spoken out, both in defense of the production itself and the more general right of theater to stir controversy, critically address current events and incite debate without being silenced or threatened. .
Furthermore, in order to incite debate and stimulate thought, presenters were asked to be provocative, fly kites, and act as devil's advocate and present data from an unconventional perspective.
