CONTENDED (WITH) Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

contended (with)

verb

past tense of contend (with)

as in addressed

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently a multitude of problems to contend with as soon as he returned to the office

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as in opposed

to strive to reduce or eliminate medical missionaries who daily contend with disease and poverty

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The Chargers addressed their need for depth by signing eighth-year offensive lineman Daniel Brunskill to the practice squad before elevating him to the active roster Saturday.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Coordination addressed the limited space available at the range and the need to protect surrounding operations during the event.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

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Cybersecurity And Functional Safety Are Converging Cybersecurity and functional safety have traditionally been managed as separate disciplines, although today they are increasingly considered part of the same operational risk environment.

— Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
After the initial disclosure, Acme took several meetings with a mix of studios and filmmakers eager to understand how a project managed to dramatically lower costs.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

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The dispute deepens a rift between the two countries whose armies fought together against the TPLF during the 2020-2022 war.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
For three years, Bola Tinubu has fought to keep old FBI records tied to a 1990s Chicago drug probe about him sealed, hiring US lawyers to support the Justice Department in the fight.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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Western Commissioner Rick Lett said the event permit application has been handled with guidance from the county's legal adviser, and that if the H Highway bridge had been out, the county likely would have denied the application.

— Glory Reitz, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
The late Margot Bettauer Dembo handled NYRB’s previous Seghers translations; Lucy Jones has taken over, and excellently conveys the incisive bite of the writing.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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The Delhi agitation centers on allegations that voter lists were manipulated during the Special Intensive Revision exercise.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
The researchers then manipulated the scenario by changing what happened after the focal bee returned to the hive and gave directions to the feeder.

— Marta Hill, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026

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She was treated at hospitals in Ramallah and Israel for lacerations across her body, a broken rib and four broken vertebrae.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Musk has repeatedly treated the sports car as a lower priority than Tesla’s other projects, while also blaming supply chain shortages for earlier delays.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

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The Brewers took a 5-4 lead on Garrett Mitchell’s solo home run in the sixth inning and added an insurance run in the ninth on Hamilton’s bomb.

— Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Perhaps the squad took his ball-respecting mantra to its logical extreme, seemingly reluctant to sully it by smashing it into the net, with Chelsea recording the biggest xG underperformance in the Premier League during his brief tenure.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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