no contest

noun

Examples of no contest in a Sentence

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He was arrested in April 2009 for possession of narcotics and for bringing narcotics into a jail facility; Redmond pleaded no contest and was sentenced to a minimum of one year in a residential drug treatment program. Maggie Kreienberg, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025 Queen is already serving probation after pleading no contest last year to felony false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 8 Dec. 2025 One of two people charged in the Santa Rosa killing of Mark Calgani, the general manger of San Francisco's Condor Club, has entered a no contest plea. Tim Fang, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025 All of the 14 — except Wenger and Amiri — pleaded guilty or no contest, and several ended up cooperating with the government. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for no contest

Word History

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 12 Dec. 2025.

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no contest

noun
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