no contest

noun

Examples of no contest in a Sentence

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Edward Kabacinski pleaded no contest to improper possession of a firearm, according to online Macomb County Circuit Court records. Christina Hall, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025 White was fighting her discipline case, but pleaded no contest to widespread misconduct earlier this month. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025 Ashley Monroe, 36, pleaded no contest in August to eight counts of driving while intoxicated causing serious injury and one count of second-degree murder, WILX reported. Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025 In February 2019, he was sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading no contest. Miami Herald, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for no contest

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First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of no contest was in 1931

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“No contest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20contest. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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no contest

noun
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