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Recent Examples of contestable
In part, the President has used the term like every other politician does—to automatize the righteousness of contestable claims.
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contestable
Adjective
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But other parts of her story were problematic.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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But other parts of her story were problematic.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Grappa is enjoyed as a digestif, though its ability to aid digestion after a large meal is debatable.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Whether his work on Anderson’s woozy epic of resistance is his personal best is debatable — the competition is fierce.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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What’s not arguable is that Burrows should get an Oscar for finding Viggo Mortensen to take over Aragorn with a quickness.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
2 Feb. 2026
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Its arguable defining moment so far came in a tense interview with Representative Ritchie Torres, one of the Democratic Party’s most ardent defenders of Israel.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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That disputable appraisal turned a few heads, and people began peppering the bot for further remarks on Musk’s physical prowess.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2025
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That time, a very disputable foul denied him.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Boasberg has indicated that the case is not moot despite the men’s return to Venezuela.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Feb. 2026
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Palace had agreed a deal in principle to sell Eddie Nketiah to West Ham for £27m early in the window only for the striker to sustain a hamstring injury in training, meaning any possible January move was moot.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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New England Patriots linebackers Robert Spillane and Harold Landry III were officially listed as questionable for the Super Bowl.—
Amos Morale III,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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While Britain is suffering perhaps the most dramatic upheaval in the wake of the latest batch of Epstein files, association with the billionaire is popping up across the globe like a pandemic of questionable judgment.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Contestable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contestable. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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