How to Use contention in a Sentence

contention

noun

• That has been a source of contention for years.
• He is in contention for the Olympic medal.
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• Tiger Woods splashed his way into contention in the New Zealand Open … shooting a four under par to close within six strokes of the lead.
  — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2002
• What could get the Democrats in contention to maybe hold the House?
  — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2022
• Play it safe, and play for par to be in contention at the end.
  — oregonlive, 17 May 2022
• Next day, top 20, and then go out and get in contention.
  — Leonard Shapiro, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The Lee statue had been a source of contention for years.
  — Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2021
• This isn't the first time pensions have been a point of contention in France.
  — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 2 Feb. 2023
• So New Orleans is out of contention for the fourth seed.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
• The small mistakes made during the game were a point of contention.
  — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Nov. 2021
• This was the main area of contention between the union and the city that held up agreements for months.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
• The Jets aren’t a team that’s a player or two (or three) away from contention.
  — Chad Graff, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
• What’s more, the team is 3-7-2 at home and eight points out of a wild card slot for playoff contention.
  — Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
• The first point of contention is the most obvious: the color gray.
  — The Courier-Journal, 11 Aug. 2022
• Bubba had the fastest car and charged for the lead late — but got wrecked out of contention in the final five laps.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
• The role of the Court of Justice of the European Union is likely to be a bone of contention.
  — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
• At 11-1, the team remains in contention for a berth this season.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 29 Nov. 2021
• Brown should also be in contention for a third-team All-NBA slot.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
• This has been one major source of contention around ESAs.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
• And is Texas ready to leap from eight wins to championship contention?
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
• Buescher is 21st in the standings and is still in contention for a playoff berth.
  — Dave Skretta, ajc, 4 June 2022
• But the final communiqué could turn out to be a bone of contention.
  — Omkar Poojari, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2023
• The issue brought the Democrats into contention in the face of all that economic news.
  — Anthony Salvanto, Kabir Khanna, Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2022
• The question of whether deputies had a search warrant to begin with was an item of contention as well.
  — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
• But as far as Casagrande knows, only one film was taken out of contention for the award.
  — NBC News, 6 Sep. 2022
• With the trial just over a month away, the main area of contention is over the content of each side’s arguments.
  — Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 29 Aug. 2023
• But the slides by the Pelicans and Trail Blazers has thrust the Jazz into contention.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
• The Sox finally got over the hump in the final month and finished at 85-77 but well out of contention.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
• Well, perhaps the first portion that says acceptance of general or broad terms won’t let that contention fly by.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025