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Recent Examples of contend Parker and Stone contend that incoming Skydance-Paramount president Jeff Shell is attempting to tank outside bids for the next round of South Park’s digital rights, which remain under Paramount for two more years. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025 Householder's attorneys contend that the defense should've had a chance to weigh in on the district court judge's decision to dismiss a juror who refused to wear a mask. Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Williams contends this was not legal since removal of a board member requires a board meeting with 10 days of notice beforehand sent to all members. Jake Allen, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 The panel’s role had been purely advisory until the ACA, and the plaintiffs contended that the members lacked the appropriate authority as they had not been appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Kristefer Stojanovski, The Conversation, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for contend
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Verb
  • But the team has 11 superb players in its Starting XI that compete well together.
    Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • Palace will instead compete in Europe’s third-tier competition, the UEFA Conference League — a far less lucrative and prestigious tournament.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • What made the transformation into a cinematic cut possible was the high quality of the game, argued Pekař.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
  • Prosecutors said the two men were arguing and Hensley fired four rounds from a 9mm handgun, striking Armstrong, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • Trump, in his social media post, insisted that his administration is achieving success and shouldn't get sidetracked by this.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2025
  • The child is nudged forward by an ambitious parent, by an influential teacher, or simply by a curiosity that, like water, insists on finding its way in and out.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Droney reasoned that a collusion plot probably wouldn’t yield these and similar statistics.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 July 2025
  • Officials reasoned that allowing the fire to burn would reduce the accumulation of organic fire fuels and allow nutrient-rich ash to support new plant growth.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Education and politics: Arizonans on student loan repayment plans can expect big changes under Big Beautiful Bill The lawsuit alleges Trump overstepped his authority in withholding funds that were approved by Congress, among other arguments.
    Stacey Barchenger, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
  • Trump also defended Bondi in a Truth Social post over the weekend and urged his followers to move on from Epstein, alleging the files were manufactured by Democrats.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Phong Tran has been accused of paying off and coercing witnesses, jeopardizing numerous murder cases, but Tran has not been convicted or pled guilty to any crime.
    Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
  • The time before that was in 2010, after defendant Silas Parks agreed to plead guilty to two counts of voluntary manslaughter for strangling his pregnant wife to death and setting the couple’s Moscow apartment on fire in June 2009.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • Columbia University has offered $9 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by former students who claimed the university had submitted inaccurate data to U.S. News & World Report, according to the Columbia Spectator.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Suge Knight alleged that the rapper had pleaded with mom Afeni Shakur about ending his life, and Knight claims that Afeni gave him pills to assist in expediting that process.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Acrobatics & tumbling asserts its athletic diversity, drawing on a wide range of strengths from its participants.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 July 2025
  • In his letter, Donovan asserted that the Chiefs had submitted a proposal to the state and received no response for six weeks — a claim Kelly administration officials dispute.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2025

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“Contend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contend. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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