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challenged

[chal-injd] / ˈtʃæl ɪndʒd /
ADJECTIVE
contested
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In 2024 youthful protesters drove Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power and challenged Serbia’s political establishment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Beyond their potential clinical importance, the findings also provide new insight into the fundamental process of skin renewal, helping address a question that has challenged scientists for decades.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Paul Cremo, who directs the Met's commissioning program, said creating the other-worldly universe for "Bardo" -- in which tendrils engulf singers and ghosts explode -- challenged the Met's technical staff.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Sentencing Kaur in July, Judge William Mousley KC told her "a responsible parent would have challenged their son" and asked their child to "do the right thing".

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

This assumption challenged everything physicists had assumed about the motion of objects.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife


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