dispute
verb (used without object)
to engage in argument or debate.
have disputed
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present perfectof dispute.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Luna has said the county’s attorneys maintain that the unredacted records can’t be released until it completes a “meet and confer” process with the Sheriff’s Department union, a claim that watchdogs have disputed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Firetruck makers have disputed allegations they manipulate the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
London and Madrid have disputed control of Gibraltar since the tiny territory was ceded to Britain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Then he went off script to essentially say in a public session that he could have disputed more of her points if he had wanted to.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
In all his published work, Copernicus made no mention of astrology—but nor is there anything to suggest that he would have disputed the standard view, that astronomy existed to make astrology possible.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
