contested
Example Sentences
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The human toll of the unrest remains deeply contested.
From BBC
The reductions escalate a price war with rival Eli Lilly in one of the fastest-growing, most hotly contested categories in pharmaceuticals.
This was denied by a spokesman for Pakistan's prime minister, who also contested Mujahid's claim that 15 military posts had been captured.
From BBC
"Australian politics is decided -- and contested -- in the centre."
From Barron's
Totalling approximately 150 million hectares, DRC's forests are prized by buyers of forest concessions -- some for logging, others for contested carbon-offset programmes.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
