CONTENDS (WITH) Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

contends (with)

verb

present tense third-person singular of contend (with)

as in addresses

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 opposes

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

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The drilling partnership therefore addresses a fundamental part of the deployment model.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
This deal permanently and completely addresses our national security concerns in Greenland.

— Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

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The Libra Sun opposes Neptune across your career and home zones, making ambition look especially attractive while the personal cost remains hazy.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2026
In 2016, he was endorsed as Senate candidate by the Australian Liberty Alliance, a right-wing group that opposes Muslim immigration.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of opposes

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That capacity will be needed as Britain manages several submarine programs at the same time.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Andra Bennett, a spokesperson for the city’s public events department, which manages the convention center, said the demolition of the center’s arena is the next phase in a project that has spanned two decades.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of manages

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The series follows Mónica, a newly qualified lawyer who learns to defraud clients, manipulates her family to secure an inheritance, then betrays her mentor.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
In an interview with the Shade Room last year, Knight’s son, Shanga Hankerson, claimed McDowell pushed the singer into performing and manipulates her.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of manipulates

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When the police warn him that such invasive reporting might affect the case, Lamb counters that that’s very much his intention.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
However, the Illinois Policy Institute counters that a millionaire tax could open the door for higher taxes on thousands of local small businesses by generating an uptick in their marginal state income tax rate.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

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