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"contested" Definitions
  1. battled; fought: Bates pulled off the win, 82–79, in a tightly contested matchup.
  2. involving a disagreement or dispute:The waiting period for a contested divorce has been reduced to 12 months.
  3. being fought over; in dispute: The contested land is located 30 kilometers south of the city.
  4. involving more than one candidate:Congressional redistricting and a contested Senate seat led to a series of competitive Michigan primaries on Tuesday.
  5. the simple past tense and past participle of contest.

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309 Sentences With "contested"

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These ideas are actually contested in ways that they haven't been contested in my lifetime.
Before, a lot of the status quo politics were not contested, and now they're being contested.
And the fact that those seats were well-contested is secondary to the fact that they were vigorously contested.
While many events will be contested in Rio de Janeiro, the soccer competition is to be contested in five additional cities.
The dramatic, contested 2008 primaries nearly doubled turnout among 18- to 29-year-olds compared with 2000, the last cycle when both parties had contested primaries.
Gregg Harper&aposs seat, meanwhile, are engaged in the "polite-est, least-contested contested primary in state history," Pender wrote, with nary a negative advertisement in sight.
"What we found is that on average, contested false news spreads faster and to more people than contested true news," Soroush Vosoughi, one of the study's coauthors, told me via email.
Both parties' nominations are contested, but the race between Reps.
Wade was decided years ago, it is still quite contested.
When is the last time there's been a contested convention?
In The Secret World, everything is both true and contested.
If that is done, the convention will then become contested.
To date, 1,970 bound and unbound delegates have been contested.
Who was then voted in as president in contested elections.
The place is absolutely loaded with complexity and contested space.
Despite the contested referendum results, Catalonia has declared independence unilaterally.
This could trigger contested and bitter recount and certification fights.
The very meaning of controversy has been contested in 2018.
Allies will always navigate a contested space in social movements.
This is actually still a somewhat contested area of law.
The promotions committees will be relegated to judging contested cases.
This contested race needs no further amplification in my opinion.
He said Saturday that the Democratic convention would be contested.
That second question is one that will likely remain contested.
Gerrymandering means members of Congress rarely face legitimately contested elections.
What happened to make this such a hotly contested election?
What exactly the word "liberal" means in America is contested.
"The scope of this is pretty contested now," Granick said.
The place had, since the war's end, been contested territory.
The works present it as a contested site in transition.
In America Latino Protestants (mostly charismatic) are contested electoral terrain.
Drury and Mathis both went down on contested third strikes.
However, it does increase the chances of a contested convention.
Our tribe counts -- particularly in such a tightly-contested election.
Fighting still rages, especially around the contested city of Aleppo.
They profile them in a way which cannot be contested.
These accusations and others will be vigorously contested in court.
William contested the judgment in a bankruptcy hearing, in 1992.
McGrath is running in a hotly contested race against Rep.
Democrats on the committee contested many of the report's findings.
All four of the games have been contested since Nov.
Conventional wisdom had Clinton winning the hotly contested general election.
Rick Scott, Nelson's GOP opponent in the contested Senate race.
Abiy's selection as PM is said to be highly contested.
At the time, the student's coach contested the referee's decision.
At the time, the student's coach contested the referee's decision.
McGrath, who's running in a hotly contested race against Rep.
The term is contested by the Yangon government and military.
And the future of this trend remains a contested unknown.
Instead he contested and badly weakened the incumbent Gerald Ford.
In the contested races, Russia's loss was the most significant.
Truth has often felt contested, but never so thoroughly subjective.
Martin missed a contested jumper with eight seconds to play.
We contested lots of shots and blocked 49.83 of them.
He won the presidency in highly contested and disputed election.
The suit contested the legality of their initial asylum interviews.
The prospect of a contested convention is also dividing Republicans.
Still, in Mexico, this debate is a hotly contested topic.
Andrews also shines on contested catches, making Littleton's length critical.
Mohamad Hafez, the artist, knows that city's contested terrain well.
But last month, the league's relegation battle was closely contested.
Contested cases, including the attempted prosecution of the five Sept.
These contested stories divide our sympathies and spur angry debates.
Martha McSally (R) in the hotly contested Arizona Senate race.
There's a highly contested race playing out in Republican Rep.
But the idea of what represents justice is deeply contested.
But none were as fiercely contested as the first one.
" Many people use the term "contested" or brokered" convention inexactly.
Democrats are still worried that a contested convention may occur.
"I certainly never appeared before him in a contested matter."
And that's why we should not have a contested convention.
Yet Richman's study was soon contested by other political scientists.
A messy contested convention in July would be the result.
That did not include the contested housing project, he said.
It is also the hotly contested core of the conflict.
Every shot, every rebound, every loose ball contested, every time.
The two contested islands, Tiran and Sanafir, are both arid.
The facts underlying the impeachment debate are not seriously contested.
Escobar will still need to get through a contested primary.
Here are nine things to know about the contested city.
Ms. Kosoian contested her tickets in municipal court and won.
The authors of the contested study stand by their work.
Florida has a history of tight elections and contested outcomes.
But facial recognition in the public sector is more contested.
It's always the case when you have a contested situation.
In the contested special election to replace disgraced former Rep.
Close race These elections are being contested by 29 parties.
Trump himself has warned of riots in a contested convention.
They nominate through open and contested primaries, and some caucuses.
Mr. O'Rourke's CNN town hall has become a contested issue.
Mr. Correia contested the charges and refused to step down.
The rest of the districts are contested to varying degrees.
Bill Nelson for a hotly contested Senate seat in Florida.
But this view, to put it charitably, is widely contested.
Although they drew the third-fewest charges on defense, and deflected the eighth-fewest passes, they ranked 14th in the league in contested shots per game and 15th in contested 3-pointers, according to NBA.com.
Half the seats in the 242-member upper house were contested.
Between 430 and 627 civilians died in these 90 contested events.
The show has also been contested by the Church of Scientology.
MI) contested the sale of real estate assets to Blackstone (BX.
That could potentially let them block him through a contested convention.
Sometimes shots were contested, and they made them, just played great.
These were hotly contested in the Hobby Lobby and Zubik v.
" He vowed, "The Democratic National Convention will be a contested convention.
Even in its early stages, the law is hotly contested. Sens.
Experts are starting to admit that a contested convention is possible.
Such questions will remain hotly contested through this trial and beyond.
Trump has held firm against the idea of a contested convention.
But the airport itself contains signs that this is contested land.
Rod Blum in another closely contested race in Iowa's 1st district.
The hotly contested Southeastern contest was played before a sellout crowd.
To view a graphic on Drilling in contested waters, click: tmsnrt.
It was the second such playoff that Jones's Bulldogs had contested.
For a compromised "establishment" candidate limping out of a contested convention?
The trip comes just a week before the hotly contested Nov.
In the meantime, that contested regulation would stay on the books.
HNA has contested its removal from NH's board in the courts.
In England, where 2,370 seats were contested, independents won just 162.
The outcome maintains Ghana's record of fiercely-contested but peaceful elections.
That's according to a contested new theory from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
We just won Indiana, but we're talking about a contested convention.
He did, however, win the other seat he contested in Kerala.
Aldridge will get post touches and jack up contested long twos.
Biotrial has contested the IGAS findings, complaining of "carefully orchestrated leaks".
Daylight Saving has one of the strangest and most contested histories.
A demonstrator protests after the contested Kenyan presidential elections in 20073.
Does a contested convention mean Trump would be denied the nomination?
And Iowa did not hold a seriously contested caucus until 1972.
Her family has contested a ruling a suicide in her case.
Republicans have repeatedly attacked Ossoff's residency in the hotly contested race.
How big the rewards would be from mergers is fiercely contested.
Urbanisation should also play a role in promoting openly contested politics.
A contested convention, the first since 1952, remains a real possibility.
A Ginsburg departure would kick off another hotly contested confirmation fight.
Troy Balderson in Ohio's hotly contested special House election on Tuesday.
The divides of gender and sexuality remain the most contested ground.
At least 1,237 delegates are necessary for avoiding a contested convetion.
"The Democratic National Convention will be a contested convention," he said.
" But Guttenberg has contested the White House's version of events. "Incorrect.
This position is often a hotly contested point in a financing.
Facebook has contested whether the information was really taken without consent.
The edict is expected before a hotly contested election on Feb.
Germany is heading into a closely contested federal election in September.
Business The battle of the taxi apps will be fiercely contested.
"The convention will be a contested contest," Sanders said on Sunday.
He suspected that the race would be bitterly contested, and expensive.
Gallinari then missed a long, heavily contested try at the buzzer.
At least 2,382 delegate are necessary for avoiding a contested convention.
Donna Edwards (D-Md.)  in the contested Maryland Senate Democratic primary.
How beneficial these contributions have been, however, is contested by activists.
Kim's activities as a contested association president during the past year.
That would set the stage for a contested convention in July.
That could help him on subsequent ballots at a contested convention.
Conor Lamb in a hotly-contested special election earlier this year.
The argument that hunting is beneficial to wildlife is hotly contested.
Tom Wolf (D) has shallow coffers after a costly contested primary.
In recent years, the Red River Rivalry has been closely contested.
The amount is listed as a "contested debt" in the Oct.
They hope a nominee will be picked at a contested convention.
There have been contentious hearings and floor debates and contested votes.
He has no real proposal for replacing the contested Irish backstop.
In his tweets, Trump contested it, saying Clinton had called him.
He also said he had contested the claims of financial improprieties.
So, too, does support for civil liberties, although that's more contested.
Orwell's contested legacy may be rooted partly in his self-divisions.
History lesson: Even the meaning of the Arab Spring remains contested.
This district will be a hotly contested race in the midterms.
In a statement, Luxembourg's finance ministry also contested Ms. Vestager's ruling.
In other words, the very definition of racism is deeply contested.
"I think we could unite after a contested convention," he said.
Some local toughs contested the souvenir as it darted toward us.
That may well mean Democrats are headed to a contested convention.
If a candidate doesn't have this then the convention becomes contested.
The seat, vacant and hotly contested this year following GOP Rep.
A contested convention this summer doesn't seem out of the question.
The real reason why the Electoral College exists is hotly contested.
But the campaign so far has been anything but fairly contested.
Tom Perriello in the closely contested Democratic primary for Virginia governor.
People in and around Mount Greenwood recognize it as contested space.
The presidency is not being contested in the February 20093 election.
THE DOLPHINS contested their final meet of the summer last weekend.
Joe Biden defeated Bernie Sanders in tightly contested Texas Democratic primary.
Chinese survey vessels look for oil and gas in contested waters.
Those seats will be contested later because of ongoing legal action.
But it is expected to be vigorously contested by many states.
Its release was hotly contested by top intelligence officials and Democrats.
The open seats that are created undoubtedly will be hotly contested.
The contested bill is due to return to parliament on Jan.
The Celtics led 483-17 after a tightly contested first quarter.
" He said of the convention, "I think it will be [contested].
There was another pattern as well—Olds rarely contested the violations.
I'm sure that will be contested, but that would take time.
Ecuador and Peru skirmished along their contested border, and a simmering dispute between El Salvador and Honduras burst into war in 1969 after the two countries faced off in a series of bitterly contested soccer matches.
Here is a look at contested seats in the National Assembly and four provincial assemblies and the number of candidates running: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY The National Assembly has 342 seats, of which 270 open seats are being contested.
Cruz win moves GOP closer to contested convention Cruz's big Wisconsin win raises the possibility that Trump romps in the Northeast, wins California and still comes up just short, throwing the nominating battle into a contested convention.
What's more, all of this uncertainty has a ripple effect across a slate of other Prediction Markets: GOP contested convention: As previously mentioned, the contested convention market has seen great volatility in just the past few weeks.
Older, educated voters are also nearly 10 percent of the adult population in northern New Jersey's hotly contested 0003th Congressional District, three hotly contested Southern California districts, and highly competitive seats in Illinois, Texas and Virginia's 10th.
In the two contested party nomination processes we are having, a total of about 28503 million people will participate in caucuses and primaries, about 22019 million on each side, if  contested races go on for long enough.
And so, much as Sanders had previously let Clinton dominate a foreign policy dispute that should always have been contested, now Clinton is letting Sanders dominate a question of foreign policy principle that should likewise be contested.
FEW topics are as bitterly contested today as the nature of Islam.
Today, the curb represents the most contested space in the urban world.
But there are also indictments and there will be some contested cases.
Production at Libya's contested El Sharara field has been halted since December.
Democracy, like any sporting event, is best when it is fiercely contested.
There's no Jamal Crawford heat checks or contested turnaround jumpers from Wiggins.
The law is now expected to be contested in Israel's Supreme Court.
The fourth set was tightly contested again and went into another tiebreak.
Others, however, made his sexuality an issue in the hotly contested election.
Sixty candidates contested the election, seeking the support of 7,400 registered voters.
Sleep No More acknowledged seven of those incidents, and contested the rest.
It feels like the uncomfortable, contested, yet quietly hopeful hallmarks of change. ●
Pennsylvania also has a hotly contested Democratic Senate primary, with former Rep.
But he contested the order in court, and years of litigation followed.
According to the university, Tyndall had contested the decision to terminate him.
The ability to innovate and improve these devices, however, remains highly contested.
Any items inside will tend to be valuable, lethal, unlawful or contested.
In other words, the Democratic National Convention will be a contested convention.
Of course, the answers to those questions will themselves be deeply contested.
All the talk revolved around a contested convention in Cleveland as Sen.
Rookie Jimmy Vesey scored a contested goal 33 seconds after Kulemin's goal.
Whether it is responsible for the trend of falling arrests is contested.
A sharply contested Senate race in a purple state is one thing.
Accuracy itself is a contested question in the field of machine learning.
Those states' Senate battles are among the most fiercely contested this year.
International races are contested over 21851,000 meters on a six-lane course.
Long after the cameras have moved on, London's legacy remains bitterly contested.
Todd Young won the hotly contested Indiana Republican primary, beating out Rep.
Reached by The Verge, Facebook contested that the access constituted a loophole.
Raila Odinga has contested the last three elections and lost each time.
Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam and China also occupy areas of the contested archipelago.
It is not clear on what grounds they contested the Mazzoncinis' guardianship.
Despite that advantage, the game was still contested until the final horn.
Italian stocks outperforme on hopes of a compromise over Rome's contested budget.
That contested ground is the terrain this column will attempt to map.
The complications begin if the Republicans find themselves in a contested convention.
That could erase his chances of avoiding a contested convention in Cleveland.
The best he and Cruz can hope for is a contested convention.
The redrawn House districts include those in the much-contested Richmond suburbs.
With no group controlling a majority, many decisions will be hotly contested.
Regulators characterize the resulting spill as 'small' – a claim contested by conservationists.
The contested issue is how and where the fresco should be displayed.
Minnesota and Colorado are both likely to be hotly contested this November.
" He added: "In other words, the convention will be a contested convention.
The states are widely expected to be closely contested again in 2020.
But Sessions has contested this in sworn testimony he gave to Congress.
Walz will face Republican Jeff Johnson in another hotly contested governor's race.
He's now running in a contested Republican primary to replace outgoing Rep.
Harden answered by making a contested jumper on which he was fouled.
These aren't unusual positions for a Democrat running in a contested primary.
Read more: 19 haunting photos Of Cyprus's frozen-in-time contested zone
This is not a new argument, and it's a hotly contested one.
Western Sahara has been contested since 1975 when Spanish colonial powers left.
We don't know what seats are going to be available or contested.
In closely contested House races, Republican incumbents appeared to be holding on.
TV on Wednesday that a contested Democratic convention could happen in 2202.
Adam Schiff: 'The facts in the present inquiry are not seriously contested.'
McSally lost a close and bitterly contested race in November to Sen.
So, you can see that your path is through a contested convention.
Nate: I can't really count out anything happening at a contested convention.
Representative Rob Woodall has never had to run a contested general election.
Andrew M. Cuomo of New York in a contested Democratic primary," "Mrs.
In the most contested races in Washington, like the fight over Rep.
The local union contested the cuts, and the issue is in arbitration.
It's partially why so many of Durant's contested pull-ups weren't dunks.
We're taking good shots, and not just contested, one-on-one moves.
This equates to higher speeds and greater protection in a contested environment.
Immigration and the hotly contested H-1B program may also be discussed.
At least 1,237 are needed for avoiding a contested convention in Cleveland.
Pilatus contested the findings and hired external auditors to address the issues.
The Vermont senator won only North Dakota among states contested on Tuesday.
Groceries have become one of the most fiercely contested areas of retail.
But I soon recognized that it wasn't that initial exposure being contested.
The nuclear-armed rivals have fought multiple wars over the contested area.
Whether Mr. Williamson was one of those sources is now hotly contested.
So any outcome is likely to be contested for years to come.
But with 9.5 seconds left, Khris Middleton missed a rushed, contested 3.
Doug Jones won the hotly contested election for Alabama's open Senate seat.
"They never contested that the standard needed to be updated," she said.
But officials ordered a manual recount for the hotly contested Senate seat.
Farage, who led a separate pro-Brexit campaign, never contested this claim.
The most contested document was a contract Ackerman struck with Mr. North.
They contested elections in 1985 and formed the state government in Assam.
Curtains like those hanging from beams nearby were a hotly contested issue.
The upgrade would increase the Bitcoin network's capacity, but is bitterly contested.
On the rural piece of this conversation, these areas just aren't contested.
Five years ago, Mr. Icahn bitterly contested Dell's efforts to go private.
Religious parties with ties to terrorist groups have contested elections for decades.
The causes for the decline in crime are numerous and hotly contested.
Columbia and the hospital system have contested the suit on procedural grounds.
Still, the GOP money isn't insignificant and could reshape closely contested races.
If the recounts reveal significant disparities, they could be contested in court.
The government is losing a growing number of fighters in contested areas.
Mr. Bannon's team is blamed for the contested and controversial travel bans.
Barron, already Hilton's acting president at the time, contested his father's will.
But these methods were all indirect and often hotly contested among archaeologists.
And in 2019, India became one of the most hotly contested fronts.
Mahathir Mohamad, a former prime minister, has won a bitterly contested election.
The banjo: an instrument whose origins are so contested—is it African?
It is the first time that all 452 constituencies are being contested.
It cannot hide behind a highly contested claim that DACA is illegal.
Bloomberg is already spending on key contested races in expensive media markets.
The elimination of the stretch IRA has been hotly contested in Washington.
Chinese vessels have attacked and killed Vietnamese fishermen plying the contested waters.
Recounts have been ordered in Florida's hotly contested Senate and gubernatorial races.
All the seats in the National Assembly seats are also being contested.
Over time, "homophobia" evolved from a rallying cry to a contested term.
The vote came as last week's Iowa caucus results were being contested.
Mr. Mack also contested assertions that Mr. Martins's cast changes were punitive.
Steven Adams contested 2.7 threes last year and now he's at 3.6.
Challenger Soumaila Cisse had contested the electoral commission result of the Aug.

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