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contested

adjective as in disputed

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He said the election's eligibility rules were a "straitjacket" that prevented "a true democratic presidential election being contested".

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The Red Roses have lost all five finals they have contested against New Zealand.

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The saga that led to this point is well-known in Scotland but the reasons underpinning it remain hotly contested.

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Among the most hotly contested education-related measures, Assembly Bill 715 was spawned from dissatisfaction — largely among a coalition of Jewish groups — to the way ethnic studies is being taught in some California classrooms.

Japan celebrated the return to Tokyo of a premier global sporting event with a medal in a curtain-raising 35km race walk contested in gruelling conditions at the World Athletics Championships.

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

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