Examples of contention in a Sentence
- Tiger Woods splashed his way into contention in the New Zealand Open … shooting a four under par to close within six strokes of the lead. —New York Times, 13 Jan. 2002
- The issues behind the protest are the usual bones of collective-bargaining contention: pay increases, vacation time, union membership. —Louis Menand, New Yorker, 17 & 24 June 2002
- Science, and academic scholarship in general, the contention these days goes, is too subjective. Some even allege it's entirely subjective, as is, they say, history. —Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, 1996
- All quotes from QDB.
That has been a source of contention for years.
He is in contention for the Olympic medal.
Recent Examples of contention from the Web
Another European draft-board riser, Berggren dominated the Swedish junior league and should be in contention to sneak into the end of the first round.
The chant has become a source of contention within the Mexican fanbase and the world of soccer.
How adult-school students are counted is just one issue of contention with recent record graduation rates.
Trump's spokesmen doubled down on the president's false contention that Democrats were to blame.
Uruguay will stay in contention with a win over Saudi Arabia, who fell to Russia in their opening match.
In a 7-3 win that extended their winning streak to eight, the Astros battered Montas for 11 hits and seven runs, completing the three-day undressing of a divisional foe with rapidly fading hopes of postseason contention.
Gizmodo also quoted a former FCC security contractor who spoke anonymously and disputed Bray's contention that the 2014 outage was caused by an attack.
One of the points of contention about the changes is how the city should handle issuing permits to residents who desire to have live music at parties or other gatherings.
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ball game, battle, combat, competition, conflict, confrontation, contest, dogfight, duel, face-off, grapple, match, rivalry, strife, struggle, sweepstakes (also sweep-stake), tug-of-war, war, warfare;
Synonym Discussion of contention
- a political party long racked by discord
- during his brief reign the empire was never free of civil strife
- the conflict of freedom and responsibility
- several points of contention about the new zoning law
- religious dissension threatened to split the colony
- cultural variances that work against a national identity
CONTENTION Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of contention for English Language Learners
: something (such as a belief, opinion, or idea) that is argued or stated
: anger and disagreement
: a situation in which you have a chance to win something that you are trying to win
CONTENTION Defined for Kids
Definition of contention for Students
- It's my contention that watching television is a waste of time.
- She's in contention for the gold medal.
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