contend with
verb
contended with; contending with; contends with
: to deal with (something difficult or unpleasant)
Customers should not have to contend with the problems caused by these delays.
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Will Weissert, Fortune, 10 May 2026
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Memory price surge Sony is contending with an unprecedented surge in memory prices.
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And even more so in the economic climate many are contending with currently.
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Will Weissert, Fortune, 10 May 2026
The program has been contending with the declining availability of grand funding and trying to figure out, with the help of volunteers, a path to sustainability.
—Graham Womack
may 9, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Memory price surge Sony is contending with an unprecedented surge in memory prices.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 8 May 2026
And even more so in the economic climate many are contending with currently.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 8 May 2026
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“Contend with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contend%20with. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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