contends
Example Sentences
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Unlike Columbia, she contends, Harvard hasn’t negotiated with honest intentions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
However, Sachdeva contends, the world is changing and most of the oil produced in the Middle East is sold to Asia, not America, which is now a net exporter itself.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026
Mr. Blankfein contends that Goldman didn’t need government funds but was forced by the Treasury to accept them in October 2008, fueling public resentment of the firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Shell contends that Cipriani demanded compensation for his unsolicited efforts, then sought to “weaponize that fiction,” followed by a threat of public exposure to extract an alleged payday.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
But even if, as Cannadine contends, “Speech was the very fibre of his being,” that’s not to say that it proceeded in any natural way from that being.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.