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challenges
noun as in dispute, question
Strong matches
claiming, confrontation, dare, defiance, demanding, demur, interrogation, provocation, remonstrance, trial, ultimatum
Weak match
verb as in dispute, question
Strongest matches
ask for, assert, call for, claim, confront, defy, demand, denounce, impose, require, test, try
Strong matches
accost, arouse, beard, brave, cross, dare, exact, impeach, impugn, inquire, investigate, provoke, query, reclaim, stimulate, summon, tax, vindicate
Weak matches
call out, face down, face off, face the music, fly in the face of, hang in, insist upon, invite competition, make a point of, make a stand, object to, search out, stand up to, stick it out, throw down the gauntlet
Example Sentences
“Our members continue to face a number of challenges,” she said.
The conversations can be about the challenges of holidays, anniversaries, and new family configurations.
“One of the challenges is to get the weavers to see my vision,” Mr. Bachner said.
Similarly, a recent NPR report covered the challenges many police departments are having recruiting officers of color.
No one who lives in an American city requires a flashlight to detect the presence of immigrants or the challenges they face daily.
For every detail is so marvellously symmetrical that no one is dwarfed, no one challenges special attention.
And yet, the acknowledged state of things here is a grave fact which challenges inquiry and demands explanation.
No man opens his ware with greater seriousness, or challenges your judgment more in the operation.
I could observe groups and clusters of coloured coral and madrepore-stone, whose magnificence challenges all description.
Calendau, after witnessing the lascivious dances, challenges the Count to mortal combat.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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