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Contested meaning
Controversial; contentious; debated.
Synonyms of Contested
Example sentences (20)
In the morning’s second match, 2016 finalist Ding Junhui led Iran’s Hossein Vafai 5-4 in a tightly contested affair.
But ahead of what threatens to be a bitterly contested election in 2024, the apex court does well to draw a line.
Next autumn, the biggest ecclesiastical listening exercise ever undertaken by a pope will come to a contested climax.
Jordan Lane was brilliant for the Seagulls with five of his side’s nine goals with 11 of his 12 possessions contested.
Most of us contested not for the country, but for personal power, for greater perks and to earn a little more.
Election observers say they're preparing for the post-electoral period, when the results could be contested.
He was a contested-catch specialist at Iowa State and that same skill set translated to the XFL this season.
Indianapolis halted the momentum of the Wolves by defeating Newberry in a tightly contested matchup, 23-15.
In addition, a decision made by the municipality can be appealed or contested at the administrative court.
In a well-contested game, Mountain Ridge (9-2) was able to secure a win over Spanish Fork (7-4) with a final score of 55-37.
ECS Roofing then contested both citations, which were later affirmed by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
He’s also better in contested-catch situations than you might expect from a 5-foot-11, 187-pound wideout.
But thanks to his summer work, he hit 45.8 percent in Las Vegas, and looked confident from long range or even while contested.
According to Hanna, the officers left when no one was able to prove ownership of the contested parcel.
Finally, the ladies singles final was contested by Karen Hofen of Lyme Regis and Gill Hurst of Romsey.
And Kenya has a history of political violence with hotly-contested elections driven by ethnic divisions and allegations of fraud.
I think it’s going to be the most fiercely contested tournament yet, with a number of teams in with a shout of winning the title.
But Michael Russell, the party’s president, said he expected that process to be “shortened” and there to be a “contested election”.
However, in their rematch in 2019, KSI emerged as the winner in a closely contested split decision.
In the last contested Presidential Election in 2011, there were 5,504 registered overseas electors.
Common combinations with contested
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- contested the 18×
- hotly contested 14×
- contested in 10×
- the contested 10×
- contested by 10×
- be contested 8×
- contested for 7×
- fiercely contested 7×
- tightly contested 7×
- who contested 6×
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