contend
verb (used without object)
to struggle in opposition.
are contending
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present progressiveof contend.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Builders indicated that they are contending with higher costs when it comes to new-home construction.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
After the eight-day-long fire in a 500,000-square-foot Boyle Heights warehouse, eastern Los Angeles residents are contending with putrid smells, soot and potentially hazardous airborne chemicals after heavy plumes of smoke spread throughout the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
As casting directors finally get their flowers, they are contending with big questions about what the new recognition means for how they do their jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
This is just the opposite of what Wall Street’s bulls are contending in claiming that the transports’ relative strength is a bullish omen.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026
But in the longer and more detailed passage quoted above, is not everything conceded for which we are contending?
From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Alfred Austin
