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Sentence count:125+2Posted:2017-01-08Updated:2020-07-24
Similar words: contestinterestedcongestedmontesquieucontextcontendcontentcontentionMeaning: ['kɒntest]  adj. disputed or made the object of contention or competition. 
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61. She won because of her indefatigable energy and willpower, mobilizing women in state after state where the Amendment was contested.
62. When her family contested the will, Agia ominously testified on behalf of Mons from her grave.
63. Half a dozen other parties also contested the elections without securing representation.
64. Even at this juncture, however, the level of social or political commitment in Manet's work has been contested.
65. Another specific influence on both share prices and option premiums is the expectation and likelihood of a contested takeover.
66. Lincoln's role in determining the future of the Barnes is bound to be contested bitterly.
67. The Senior Cup final was contested between arch rivals Longfellows, winners in 1992, and the Oakley.
68. Both teams have won twice in three outings and a keen, tightly contested struggle is in prospect.
69. His club team Norton, near Stoke in the Midlands, won the world indoor championship contested by squads from 26 countries.
70. The election was contested by over 2,700 candidates representing 79 political parties.
71. The results were, however, contested by 14 of the parties which had participated in the elections.
72. Details of election results A total of 1,047 candidates - 223 independents and 824 party representatives - contested the 1992 elections.
73. At $ 40 million a year, the printer advertising account is considered a lucrative prize and is being hotly contested.
74. That unit is expected to fetch about $ 9 billion in a hotly contested auction within a few weeks.
75. The election was contested by 1,126 candidates representing 20 political parties and 219 independents.
76. By contrast, women move into the contested territory of meaning with assurance and inspiration.
77. A total of 24 parties, movements and coalitions contested the federal elections.
78. The requests may signal that the jurors are focusing on the hotly contested blood evidence.
79. On Wednesday, both sides of the hotly contested ballot initiative moved their battle into the courts.
80. It reflects the contested and dubious nature of the new president's mandate.
81. The range includes the new 1.6 Lantra in the hotly contested Ford Escort category.
82. Certain principles have never yet been contested in any court of law so that precedent for their consideration has never been laid down.
83. The attitude to foreign takeovers is now considered by studying the contested takeover for Rowntree.
84. The shared concept of scientific explanation was always contestable and has of late been radically contested.
85. If this was truly representative of tomorrow's task then the event would be fiercely contested.
86. These last propositions were hotly contested in the apostolic community.
87. The most vigorously contested races are for the Legislature,[sentence dictionary] where term limits have forced out 13 Bay Area incumbents.
88. In the 1984 Euro-election, when they contested only seventeen seats, they took 0.2 percent.
89. Shevardnadze was expected to set about forming a coalition among some of the 36 parties which had contested parliamentary seats.
90. The contested cases - which tend to attract more extended coverage - are very particular types of cases.
More similar words: contestinterestedcongestedmontesquieucontextcontendcontentcontentioncontemplatecontentiouscontemporarya bone of contentioncontentmentdiscontentmenton the contrarytesttestifytestingprotesttestimonyhauntedesteemtalentedenlistedwesterntormentedpresentedinterestexhaustedeffrontery
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