contends

[kuhn-tendz]

verb

1. third person singular present indicative of contend.

Word History and Origins

Origin of contends¹

contend ( def. ) + -s ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

But the roots of this development, he contends, lie even further back—in the classical texts that early modern thinkers read and absorbed.

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Another division the novel rejects is the one between life and death; it is possible, the narrator contends, to be “a certain percentage alive and a certain percentage dead.”

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He contends this understated Deutsche Bank’s leverage by over €200 billion last year.

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Other staples, including sweet potatoes and fresh fruit, cost more as the agriculture sector contends with tariffs and high costs.

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But he contends that most people would have missed the news or thrown the fliers away.

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