as in challenged
to demand proof of the truth or rightness of
vowed to contest the claim in court
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Recent Examples of contested
Wizards officials point to the number of shots that Sarr contested as a sign of his activity.
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Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The match that the legendary tag team will be observing is set to be contested for both the TNA World Tag Team Championship and the NXT Tag Team Championship.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
There’s also cyber and space domains that have become contested.
—Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Anything investigators pulled without proper warrants, especially from phone records or social media accounts, could be contested.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
It is designed to address the rising threats to satellites in an increasingly crowded and contested space environment.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
In a year when the question of universal freedom still feels contested, The Gettin’ lands as both memorial and mirror, recalling the losses named in 2014 and 2020 and implicating the present tense.
—Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
Sparks, Holly Jones, and King contested the results.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
The Authors Guild has so far successfully contested these revocations in court on first amendment grounds.
—Megan Marshall
september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The match that the legendary tag team will be observing is set to be contested for both the TNA World Tag Team Championship and the NXT Tag Team Championship.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
There’s also cyber and space domains that have become contested.
—Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Anything investigators pulled without proper warrants, especially from phone records or social media accounts, could be contested.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
It is designed to address the rising threats to satellites in an increasingly crowded and contested space environment.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
In a year when the question of universal freedom still feels contested, The Gettin’ lands as both memorial and mirror, recalling the losses named in 2014 and 2020 and implicating the present tense.
—Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
Sparks, Holly Jones, and King contested the results.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
The Authors Guild has so far successfully contested these revocations in court on first amendment grounds.
—Megan Marshall
september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contested
Verb
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Trump officials have been warned internally that permanent firings during the shutdown could be effectively challenged as violations of appropriations law, according to a senior government official.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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What unites all these titles is the fact they’ve been challenged by courts in Colorado or around the country.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The judge also questioned the authenticity of Combs’ claims of reform, pointing to his assault of Jane in June 2024.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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The proposition stems from a legal challenge that questioned Mayor Kevin Hartke’s and two predecessors’ mayoral terms.—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Meta disputed Nigeria’s findings and decision to fine it, but a tribunal upheld the decision in April.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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In the meeting, Chief Operating Officer Luis Diaz disputed that claim, but audit director Elvira Sanchez confirmed that information was available before the 2023 contract.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Contested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contested. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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