What does contested mean?
Definitions for contested
con·test·ed
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word contested.
Princeton's WordNet
contestedadjective
disputed or made the object of contention or competition
"a contested election"
Wiktionary
contestedadjective
debated, controversial
Webster Dictionary
Contested
of Contest
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of contested in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of contested in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of contested in a Sentence
When a party gets to a point when it has a contested convention, it almost always hurts them, it’s a confirmation of some really deep fissures within the party that were unable to be dealt with during the primary season.
It is an abuse which has been compounded by the manner in which the father has contested these allegations and instructed his lawyers. Despite the weight of evidence, the fact of hacking was never conceded, nor was the fact that such hacking had been by Pegasus.
Whatever momentum they had been enjoying has been halted, has been blunted. That has stayed steady over the last couple of weeks, it's very much a contested environment, but what we don't see, what we haven't seen in the last several weeks has been any renewed offensive moves.
The scope of this is pretty contested now, courts are struggling through it.
International Affairs Brandon Belford:
There could be situations where some of the non-Havana markets would not be hotly contested, we will likely be in a position to make those determinations and award those frequencies to U.S. carriers in a shorter timeline.
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