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con·tend·ing
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Contending
of Contend
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of contending in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of contending in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of contending in a Sentence
We don’t know that he was any more of a threat in 2013 and 2014 than anyone else shooting off their mouth, back then he was deemed insignificant enough to fall below the other threats with which the FBI was contending. They have to triage the work since they have limited assets. They clearly guessed wrong.
Amid clear signs that affordability is curbing demand, some homeowners may fear that they missed the market's peak, with real estate markets still contending with significant under building, compounded by construction companies slashing single-family starts, the transition toward balance is losing steam.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:
I will pledge assistance of a total of about 200 million U.S. dollars for those countries contending with ISIL, to help build their human capacities, infrastructure, and so on.
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown:
Our Chicago Police officers faced an unprecedented set of circumstances in contending with a spike in violent crime, made even more difficult by having to contend with a health pandemic while facing extended periods of heightened civil unrest and looting.
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other.
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