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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was mooted" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English
It means that a topic or idea was suggested or brought up for discussion. Example: The idea of implementing a new recycling program was mooted at the city council meeting last week.
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was mooted
adjective
Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
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Electronic voting was mooted.
Fair Game was mooted.
His name was mooted but turned down.
An October 2010 release date was mooted.
(The plan was mooted earlier but has been fast-tracked).
The first came long before the war was mooted.
One last hand was mooted over the empty whisky bottle.
We did not have the opportunity to answer this question because the case was mooted by Claiborne's untimely death.
The idea was mooted in 1863, but took until 1905 to complete.
A similar figure was mooted by US NGO E-Tech international in 2016.
Carlos Tevez cost £47m, not the £32m that was mooted at the time.
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