contends

American  

[kuhn-tendz] / kənˈtɛndz /

verb

1. third person singular present indicative of contend.

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Etymology

Origin of contends

contend ( def. ) + -s ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The insurance department contends the complaint process has resulted in the reversal of claim denials, increased payouts and agreements in individual cases to test for the toxic residues of wildfire smoke.

From Los Angeles Times

Snap for its part contends it is primarily a messaging app and should be excluded.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Nevada State Gaming Control Board contends that this trading constitutes illegal sports gambling.

From Barron's

By filtering such a common feeling through a strange and delightfully unsettling narrative lens, “By Design” contends with our modern restlessness in far more memorable fashion than many big-budget, big-idea films of the last year.

From Salon

Mr. McGinnis contends that billionaires, far from being a threat to American democracy, can be essential to sustaining and improving it.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• argue
• confront
• cope
• dispute
• go after
• grapple
• meet
• oppose
• push for
• resist
• vie