as in to challenge
to demand proof of the truth or rightness of
vowed to contest the claim in court
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Recent Examples of contest
That idea remains hotly contested.
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Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
The chain of events that led to this moment is contested, with those involved denying culpability.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 June 2026
Congressional District will be contested between Gallagher and McGuire come November.
—Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
And because Duke and Michigan had not signed a contract to play the game at the time of the Amazon announcement, that gave the Big 10 and Michigan the opportunity to contest the game being played in New York.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
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Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
The chain of events that led to this moment is contested, with those involved denying culpability.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 June 2026
Congressional District will be contested between Gallagher and McGuire come November.
—Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
And because Duke and Michigan had not signed a contract to play the game at the time of the Amazon announcement, that gave the Big 10 and Michigan the opportunity to contest the game being played in New York.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contest
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And Mullin, a 48-year-old former Republican senator from Oklahoma and former mixed martial arts fighter, is also known for fiery exchanges with congressional committees, once challenging a Teamsters leader during a 2023 hearing.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Across the campus, 30 artists have created an array of site-specific permanent works on a scale that would even be challenging for a leading contemporary art institution.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Trump frequently questioned Joe Biden's fitness.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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Some questioned how handing out reprints of an editorial published in the ADA’s own journal, at the ADA’s own annual conference, could be construed as a violation of that code.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2026
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Reading these conversations feels like attending a party at which each new guest talks over the one before, disputing and undermining, gossiping and bringing into doubt the fundamental purpose of their coming together.—
Joe Dunthorne,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
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But Beatty disputed that assertion about ex officio voting rights, as did Kaiser.—
Janay Kingsberry,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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