in dispute

idiom

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

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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 Grijalva's election result was not in dispute. Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 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 24 Nov. 2025.

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