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contention

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But that was so yesterday, much like his contention that he lacked the power to unilaterally confer amnesty.

That last statistic, however, is a point of hot contention between both sides of the battle for Tony.

Rather, she alleges that Madaleno has made it a point of heated contention throughout the campaign.

Koch had girded himself for at least a year of contention before his research would be accepted.

So even back then, this was an obvious point of concern and contention.

He has felt strongly, and he was feeling strongly now; he was feeling passionately—that was my whole contention.

I knew not that contention could be rendered so sweet and pleasurable a thing to the nerves as I then felt it.

Dorothy had tried her best to relieve Letty of half her burthen, and in return had been made a bone of contention between them.

Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of strife, a man of contention to all the earth?

Whether a description is clear, exact and sufficient is a question for the jury whenever it is a matter of legal contention.

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On this page you'll find 158 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to contention, such as: argument, conflict, controversy, dispute, rivalry, and struggle.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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