contends (with)

present tense third-person singular of contend (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for contends (with)
Verb
  • Each module has a video component and addresses real-world concepts for AI use cases in automotive.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Firstly, the technology addresses speaker attribution through the color coding of captions and is particularly useful for scenes when multiple people are speaking through swift exchanges.
    Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the move.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The chief of staff opposes military rule in Gaza and believes Israel should look ahead to the day after and draw a political solution accordingly.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After an initial jam session to determine musical abilities and interests, participants are paired up and assigned to a counselor who manages their activities for the week.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In August 2023, Perez – a tourism official who manages the island’s biggest concert venue, the Coliseo – got a phone call from two producers for Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, the genre-bending Puerto Rican rapper, singer, actor and occasional professional wrestler better known as Bad Bunny.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As always, secrets emerge, fights ensue, and Madea makes a speech to bring everyone back together.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
  • As the immune system fights the infection, the tissues in the urinary tract become inflamed.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The sensor handles up to 70Gs of acceleration and has a sensitivity of up to 30,000 dots per inch (DPI).
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Even when a partner bank handles underwriting, platforms may still face liability for compliance failures.
    AJ Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lately Rigel has seen big sales increases for a few of its drugs, notably Tavelisse, which combats a condition in which the body’s immune system attacks its own blood platelets.
    John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Ant International claims the platform combats hallucinations and other data risks by using over 100 recognition models and 600,000 risk lexicons.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But outside of the ring, Christy hides and represses her lesbianism and winds up marrying her trainer Jim Martin (Ben Foster), who manipulates and physically abuses her.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • After all, if an attacker hijacks the agent’s credentials or manipulates its input data, the agent could take harmful actions faster and more persistently than any human user.
    Michael DeCesare, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Goodell’s longtime practicing of Pilates certainly counters that stereotype.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The administration counters that the injunction forces the executive branch to take steps that undermine its own policy, including negotiating with foreign governments over funds the president opposes and sending contradictory signals to Congress.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Contends (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contends%20%28with%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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