1
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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2
as in opposes
to strive to reduce or eliminate
medical missionaries who daily contend with disease and poverty
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contends (with)
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The system, with its high-voltage generator, addresses the range anxiety of electric vehicles.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Sep. 2025 -
Lawmakers remain divided on whether the deal sufficiently addresses these risks, according to PBD NewsHour.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the move.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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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
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An alleged cyberattack targeting a company that manages check-in and boarding systems for airlines caused delays and cancellations at Europe’s busiest airports on Saturday.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
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And Marco Silva's men can put some distance between the pair if Fulham manages a second straight home triumph in this fixture.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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As always, secrets emerge, fights ensue, and Madea makes a speech to bring everyone back together.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
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As the immune system fights the infection, the tissues in the urinary tract become inflamed.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
13 Sep. 2025
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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
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Even when a partner bank handles underwriting, platforms may still face liability for compliance failures.—
AJ Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Becca Israel, director of the Nexus Project, a nonprofit that combats antisemitism and promotes democracy, said the administration's actions send conflicting messages.—
Jason DeRose,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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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
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The patch was created by combining nanophotonics technology, which manipulates light at the nanometer scale (one-hundred-thousandth the thickness of a human hair) to read molecular properties, with microfluidics technology, which precisely controls sweat in channels thinner than a hair.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Azerbaijan also counters by citing its own refugees who were forced to flee Armenia during the bloodletting of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, along with the hundreds of thousands of Karabakh Azerbaijanis who were forced to flee following the defeat.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Sep. 2025
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Goodell’s longtime practicing of Pilates certainly counters that stereotype.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
9 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 21 Sep. 2025.
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