as in controversies
variance of opinion on a matter
the statement is certainly open to contestation among reasonable people
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Recent Examples of contestations
That makes some of these contestations existential, particularly for smaller combatants.
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contestations
Noun
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Notably, Ye fell out of public favor in recent years for a number antisemitic controversies including threatening violence to Jewish people on social media and selling T-shirts emblazoned with swastikas.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Over the years, Dunham has found herself in several controversies.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Day to day, the judge in Texas is immersed in a roster of cases involving immigration, employment and insurance disputes.—
Gary Grumbach,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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Part of the delay in opening the Automated People Mover has been a series of ongoing disputes between Los Angeles World Airports, the city agency that manages LAX; and the contractor in charge of building the train system, LAX Integrated Express Solutions, or LINXS.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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According to him, advances in machine learning have yanked questions once trapped inside theological/philosophical disputations into corporate board packs.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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There are important and legitimate debates to be had about the role of AI in warfare; from autonomy and targeting to surveillance and escalation.—
Robert F. Dees,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Congress should refuse, and the reason has nothing to do with traditional debates about surveillance.—
Patrick Eddington,
Oc Register,
15 Apr. 2026
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The point is that some disagreements may be too socially expensive to stage as public trials.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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But the move to cancel the funds comes amid growing tensions between the White House and the Vatican over disagreements about the War in Iran.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Contestations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contestations. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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