contestable
Example Sentences
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The pool of contestable seats could shrink further.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Borthwick has predicted that Wales, under new coach Steve Tandy, will take to the skies with "50 contestable kicks" when the teams meet at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
The levy was seen as a fairer fund-collecting mechanism than a general price adjustment clause that would allow suppliers themselves to pass price increases on to customers, which experts see as legally contestable.
From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2022
With no lapping floodwaters or smoking buildings, the tragedy becomes contestable to a degree that a natural disaster or terrorist attack cannot be.
From Salon • May 9, 2022
Postmodernists often assume that because facts are expressed in language they are inherently contestable.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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