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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But many other controversies did.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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The unanimous vote stood in stark contrast to many of the county’s recent controversies, including the hiring and subsequent firing of Newton, whose short tenure became mired in questions surrounding an undisclosed past business relationship with then-Chair Chris Measmer.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
16 June 2026
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Community association disputes over requests for reasonable accommodations for emotional support animals as provided under the federal Fair Housing Act have grown to become fairly common over the last 10 years.—
Shari Wald Garrett,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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For example, the Herbert Hoover library's website emphasizes that some New Deal policies were first proposed by Hoover, while the Richard Nixon library in California was the focus of disputes over how much attention should be given to the Watergate scandal.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 June 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
Noun
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Lawmakers in Haiti, for example, have been known to pause parliamentary debates to watch Brazil play.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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Research grounded in social identity theory suggests that people frequently incorporate national attachment into their personal identity, which helps explain why debates about patriotism can feel deeply emotional rather than purely intellectual.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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For Ossoff, the battleground appears to extend beyond policy disagreements and partisan loyalties.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
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Tell me about those disagreements and whether the G7 was able to come to any resolution here.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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“Contestations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contestations. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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