How to Use dispute in a Sentence

dispute

1 of 2 verb

• The source of the text has been disputed for centuries.
• No one ever disputed that it was the right decision.
• You can dispute your bill if you believe it is inaccurate.
• These estimates are hotly disputed by scientists.
• Baskin spends a big chunk of the blog disputing the claims.
  — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 26 Mar. 2020
• When a bill had to be disputed, who picked up the phone?
  — Sandy Fernández, Redbook, 11 Apr. 2018
• At least two of the girls on the Afghan team disputed that idea.
  — Maggie Mallon, Glamour, 10 July 2017
• Check out these tips for a great meal than no one can dispute.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2021
• The two sides don’t dispute the general facts of the case.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2021
• The agency did not dispute any details of the exchange.
  — STAT, 14 Apr. 2021
• No one disputes that money is needed to keep the domes open.
  — Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2018
• This is not the first study to dispute the need for a smartphone mode to limit blue light.
  — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2021
• The Trump campaign didn't dispute the contents of the call.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2023
• Gobert did not dispute the charge and was sentenced to three days in jail.
  — Tom Orsborn, St. John Barned-Smith, San Antonio Express-News, 1 July 2021
• Webster disputes the idea that the lab has become less safe.
  — Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
• Some also dispute whether the rent cuts are large enough to make the program worthwhile.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
• But the government disputes that there is a curfew in place at all.
  — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
• Trump disputed the widow's account of the call in a tweet.
  — Doug Criss, CNN, 24 Oct. 2017
• Democrats dispute that, saying the system still has the power to act on its own.
  — Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2021
• Such instances are much harder to dispute, and the accused tend to lose.
  — Jack Butler, National Review, 14 Mar. 2020
• The spokesman for the Manghats didn’t dispute this account.
  — Rory Jones, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2020
• Some of the defendants did not dispute that they were involved in fights during the protests.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• No one disputes that Bernie Sanders won the most votes in Iowa.
  — Corey Robin, The New York Review of Books, 21 Feb. 2020
• There is no disputing the fact that the school district needs more people on those jobs.
  — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2019
• Maybe some would dispute that, but that doesn’t mean anything.
  — Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2022
• That’s why his aides are trying to explain it, not dispute it.
  — William Saletan, Slate Magazine, 8 Dec. 2017
• The union disputed his contention that tiers were ended.
  — Tom Krisher and David Koenig The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2023
• Few people would dispute that the city needs an economic jolt.
  — Tiffany May, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
• And yet Trump did not dispute the deaths themselves, their cause or the number.
  — Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2020
• Daniels disputes Prine’s claim that this did not occur.
  — Mary Helene Hall | [e-mail], al, 7 July 2023

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dispute

2 of 2 noun

• The two farmers are involved in a land dispute.
• They could not settle their dispute.
• There is a labor dispute between workers and management.
• This isn’t the first dispute over sealed records in the case.
  — Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2021
• From that point on, the facts about the evening are in dispute.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 12 July 2018
• The evidence in the dispute still has not been heard in court.
  — Marshall Allen, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2020
• The dispute was close enough to the field that Moore was able to take action.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2022
• The woman involved in the dispute also stayed to speak with the police.
  — Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Nov. 2021
• The news came as disputes over the existence of the video continued to rage.
  — Paula Rogo, Essence.com, 21 Sep. 2017
• Patrick Danner breaks down both sides of the dispute here.
  — ExpressNews.com, 8 Oct. 2020
• Lawyers for the parents plan to seek other means to resolve the dispute.
  — Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2018
• These can be important if there is a dispute down the road.
  — CBS News, 3 Dec. 2020
• But with these types of tax disputes, the tax dollars at stake are high.
  — Jason Garcia, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• There's some dispute about when the state law takes effect.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2023
• The widow and the lover are drawn into a dispute — with a son torn between the sides.
  — Karen Chu, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2019
• Even with the day's success on the fund, there was a brewing dispute over what to call it.
  — Arkansas Online, 20 Nov. 2022
• The initial report did not state the reason given for the dispute.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 22 July 2023
• The two have since settled their dispute for an undisclosed amount.
  — Katherine Sayre, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021
• Foxconn has been in a dispute with the state over what can count toward the state tax credits.
  — Ricardo Torres, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2020
• At least some of that dispute is playing out in public courts.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2021
• Neither the mall nor the theater chain would comment on their dispute.
  — oregonlive, 1 Dec. 2020
• Some counties have said that only dozens of votes are at stake in this dispute.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Nov. 2020
• This is one good and fun way to settle disputes: Sports!
  — Charles Curtis, For The Win, 31 May 2018
• Police said the two men knew each other and that the shooting stemmed from a dispute between them.
  — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2021
• The shooting is thought to have occurred after a dispute in a parking lot.
  — NBC News, 10 Mar. 2021
• All this comes as Watson is in a dispute with the Texans.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 16 Mar. 2021
• The health authority did not dispute that claim in court.
  — oregonlive, 15 Nov. 2019
• The dispute was over windows cracked open on the front driver's and passenger's side of the car.
  — oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2020
• The final fight has been a key point in the couple's ongoing dispute.
  — CBS News, 16 May 2022
• The firm thinks that permanent damage has been done by the recent trade disputes.
  — The Economist, 11 July 2019

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024