contest
noun
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
contestable
-
a word derived from
contest.
Example Sentences
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The pool of contestable seats could shrink further.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
But Everton had justification to dispute both of the spot-kick calls that went against them, with Wheeler on the wrong side of two very contestable decisions.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024
"Having been made final, the Award is no longer contestable and is beyond compromise."
From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 2023
“A ranking is the product of innumerable and contestable design choices,” Miles wrote to his students on Nov. 23.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2022
Postmodernists often assume that because facts are expressed in language they are inherently contestable.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
