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in dispute

idiom

: disagreed on : being argued about
The matter/issue is still in dispute.

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The amount is in dispute—more than 52,000 Christians were reportedly killed since 2009 and about 7,000 this year according to one advocacy group—and the nature of the killings is also in doubt. Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025 Those shares, though, include his reward from a 2018 pay package that is still in dispute in a lawsuit pending before the Delaware Supreme Court after some shareholders objected. David Ingram, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025 Summary judgment is granted if the court believes the parties aren’t in dispute about key facts and that the legal debate should be resolved a particular way. Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025 What’s not in dispute and what RCL acknowledges is the exception to requiring arbitration would be if a guest suffered physical injury. Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in dispute

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“In dispute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20dispute. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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