Contending

Word CONTENDING
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Definitions and meanings of "Contending"

What do we mean by contending?

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.

To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate.

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The word "contending" in example sentences

The trading deadline has arrived, with just over twenty-four hours left, and the Cavaliers reportedly are the first of the title contending teams to make a major move. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ever since catching some heat for their narrow win over Oklahoma, the Longhorns have begun to look like the title contending team they were expected to be. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sharks hoped his title contending team wouldn't go on to rue another missed bonus point with their rusty performance which came after the bye week. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The title contending college football teams have arrived in South Florida. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Perhaps surprisingly, Jerry Stackhouse did not make being on a title contending team his priority as he makes the slow treck to NBA's elephant burial grounds for older players. ❋ TenaciousT (2010)

Martell Webster looked like a Superstar in Preseason, next year with him healthy are we going to be a force or do we have to make trades to grow into a title contending team?

The other $400 mil pro-tunnel folks are contending is for cost overruns isn't, it's actually not for cost overruns but for the State to cover it's share of the overall budget. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then came the SWAC season, and the Panthers were contending from the start, jumping out to a 3-0 start. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The American Civil Liberties Union joined former White House aide Oliver L. North yesterday in contending that he did not get a fair trial. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is an interesting similarity between the Allende-Hidalgo relationship and the main contending factions in the French Revolution. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It is certainly the case that political art most insistently points us to "things as they are," and Teachout is correct in contending that political art is, usually, bad art, or at least that it's very difficult for most political art to succeed. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Perhaps because it appears to have reasonable and easily understood character support and is exciting in contending that a complex and strongly modified bit of morphology – namely the bat wing, with its bizarre elongated fingers and patagial membranes – evolved independently more than once. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

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