contest
Example Sentences
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Mr. Wurman also shows that the status of temporary sojourners was contested by the 19th century.
According to the contest's website, which lists the participating countries, there are "more to follow".
From BBC
A relatively new missile-toting unit of Marines, based on Okinawa, is designed to fight in a contested littoral battlespace by dispersing, concealing themselves, and taking out enemy ships and aircraft.
When we were in fourth grade, there was a Halloween costume contest at school.
From Literature
The airline industry has emerged as one of the hardest-hit sectors, as the war forces mass flight cancellations and significant rerouting around contested airspace.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
