Synonym: arguing, argument, competition, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, rivalry, tilt. Similar words: a bone of contention, contentious, intention, pay attention to, constitutional convention, content, contentment, discontentment. Meaning: [kən'tenʃn] n. 1. a point asserted as part of an argument 2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement 3. the act of competing as for profit or a prize.
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121 Both teams are on the fringes of playoff contention, and that was reflected in the game.
122 The main point of contention now is not whether, but how long a scaled-down force should remain.
123 Its main contention is that there is no irrevocable conflict of interest between the different parties.
124 Sufficient research evidence exists to support this contention.
125 The pay increase is the key point of contention.
125 Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and make good sentences.
126 It is his contention that taxes are too low.
127 Media freedoms have also been a bone of contention.
128 Their principal contention is that the economy is so weak (output gap) that the private sector's contraction cannot be offset by government spending and money printing.
129 On between season and second - place finisher's contention has poured into many particularities for the competition.
130 A contention based uplink channel used for transmission of relatively small amounts of data, e. g. for initial access or non-real-time dedicated control or traffic data.
131 There was much contention about the proposed city subway system.
132 Thats no any radiation. The contention about electricity and magnetism radiation in society is actually inexistence .
133 Fine-grained tasks in conventional thread pools can also generate excessive contention for the task queue shared among all workers.
134 The world's No. 1 golfer was given a big cheer from the Augusta crowd. And he soared into contention with 2 eagles on the way to a 4-under-par 68 to lie 2 strokes off the pace.
135 They note that in the past certain workloads have not been virtualized due to network contention issues.
136 Then he listed Spain, Mexico, Russia, and France to support his contention.
137 They generally tried to avoid subjects of contention between them.
138 A damaged hamstring has ruled him out of contention for Wednesday's international against Spain.
139 This appears to confirm Napier and Jost's contention that right wing political beliefs can guard against the potentially upsetting effects of inequality.
140 I think the inequality in splitting the profits is their real cuboid bone of contention.
141 Truth does not fear contention . The more the truth is debated, the clearer it becomes.
142 Introduces multi-user access, slot alignment and power control, contention resolution. Presents the multi-user access method based on CDMA employed in the backward link.
143 I mean, who doesn't want a product that is easier to use, has less locking contention, minimizes storage administration, makes access to administrative data easier, and so on?
144 By introducing control places, the resource contention problem can be resolved.
145 Although the contention between at present Microsoft and Yahoo with each passing day " turn white-hot ", but final result still is pacifically is reached trade.
146 Contention for procuration, as a way of control power transfer on the market for corporate control, possesses unique connotations and distinctive characteristics.
147 The unsynchronized version is present only to show the overhead of contention.
148 The study of English requires effort and contention of mind.
149 Another double fault put Venus immediately under pressure as she served to stay in contention and four points later a wayward forehand gave Serena a first match point.
150 The authenticity of items associated with Hitler has long been a bone of contention.
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