How to Use contest in a Sentence

contest

1 of 2 verb
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  • She plans to contest a seat in Congress next year.
  • Both candidates have agreed to another debate before this hotly contested election.
  • There are three open seats and only two of them are contested.
    — oregonlive, 9 May 2023
  • The outlet noted that the process could take months, even longer if the results are contested.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Now Scott and Haley are contesting each other, quests that hinge in part on the same kinds of voters in the same state.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
  • Equestrian will be among the sports contested at the Palace of Versailles outside the city.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • But state officials contested it, and the courts backed them up.
    — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The idea of a mileage tax has been hotly contested locally.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Lewis contested accusations from Oher that the Tuohys lied about adopting him and cut him out of a deal for the rights to the book the film is based off of.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2023
  • During that stretch, Sims contested three shots — all missed — and twice guarded a Dream player who made a bad pass and turned the ball over.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • But if the divorce is contested, the judge has some discretion to determine who is left with the debt.
    — Alexandra Peers, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Lake has contested the results of that election in the courts but has failed to persuade Arizona judges of any foul play.
    — Alex Tabet, NBC News, 15 July 2023
  • The issue, which may decide the case, remains contested.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2023
  • When a driver wants to contest a ticket, Holmes had told us, the driver or a lawyer shows up in court, pleads not guilty and is told to return later.
    — Samantha Sunne, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The Belmont Stakes is known for being contested at the punishing distance of 1½ miles, which has helped give it the nickname the Test of the Champion.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The cities and county have contested the creation of Heirloom’s districts.
    — Mitchell Parton, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
  • At the moment, Amazon is contesting that the F.T.C.’s account of the details of its business are accurate.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The Suns wound up going 32-of-64 on two-point baskets, but a sizeable portion of them were highly contested.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2023
  • The races to succeed them are likely to be hotly contested and expensive.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The case contests decisions by the Food and Drug Administration to make the drug mifepristone available by mail and via telemedicine.
    — Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
  • That slogan is contested; while some use it as a call for freedom and equal rights, others have used it to call for the elimination of Israel.
    — Dana Goldstein, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
  • But Edwards looked off Towns and instead opted for a highly contested triple over center Nic Claxton that didn’t touch the rim.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Tennessee is viewed as the early leader of a recruitment that is mainly contested in the South.
    — Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Two sports, disc golf and judo, were contested as demonstration sports.
    — Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Wood fought his way to the spot, and even after Doncic delivered a wrecking-ball shoulder bump, Wood recovered to contest the shot.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • None of the statements contested details of the reports surrounding the deaths, and none addressed carbon monoxide’s role in the incidents.
    — Ben Goggin, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • That case is ongoing and, nine months after the case was filed, members of Patriot Front have yet to appear in court to contest it, according to court records.
    — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • In the Senate, looking only at districts contested by both parties, Democrats won 50.9 percent of the total vote.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • This clash between the two teams that were unbeaten heading into Wednesday’s match lived up to the hype and was tightly contested throughout.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • In an election where all but two of the county board’s eight seats have contested races, Jefferson and Lawson argue that the other is ill-equipped to address such concerns.
    — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2023
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contest

2 of 2 noun
  • She hopes to win the contest for mayor.
  • Will you enter the contest?
  • Contest winners receive a cash prize.
  • Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a contest for control of the House of Representatives.
  • The running back duo were the far-and-away stars of the contest.
    — Landon Bartlett, The Enquirer, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a movie of the 1980s.
    — WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The Braves are fourth in the MLB in runs scored per game at 5.19 per contest.
    — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2023
  • To enter the contest for this one, visit chevydetroit.com/top10.
    — Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2023
  • Then, the prevailing youngster will advance to face off against the adults in the main contest.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
  • And even in those contests, there were disputes and challenges over who could run, and the results.
    — John Eligon, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The Rangers went on to win 4-3 after Chris Kreider scored a power play goal late on in the fiery contest.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a five-letter word.
    — WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The Red Devils then ate away the remaining time to win the contest and to remain at a perfect 4-0.
    — Preps, al, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Meyers has not practice since the game and missed the Raiders’ contest against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Oregon State came into the contest as a 24 1/2-point favorite.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The contest engaged more than 6,800 students across the metro, who flooded judges with their designs.
    — Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The top two finishers in each contest will be on the ballot in November.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • These voters are not going to be a driving force in most of the subsequent contests.
    — Jay Cost, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The tour moved to the Central Valley for a three-game stretch, including a night game in Stockton and a morning contest in Marysville.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 4 Apr. 2024
  • His double-dinger game came a day after his first multi-hit contest of the season.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The free event features live music, Santa Claus, a gift market, a tamale contest and crafts for the kids along with tractor rides.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Modern politics around the world has been characterized as a contest between the Left and the Right.
    — CBS News, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Had that been known before the contest, everyone would have fairly presumed the Chiefs lost.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The Passat nipped at the Saturn's heels in the standing-start tests, but the LW2's quick-witted gearbox helped widen the performance gap in the passing and street-start contests.
    — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 15 July 2023
  • Simmons was even seen letting out his frustrations on the Ravens during the contest.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The Avs went a step further Sunday, putting their newfound Jekyll-and-Hyde persona on display inside the same contest.
    — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Their school had acquired a cougar mascot outfit and announced a contest to name the cougar, with a prize of twenty-five dollars, plus a chance to wear the costume.
    — Emma Allen, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • But the chip war is just the most high-profile front in the gathering contest over AI’s necessary components.
    — Aziz Huq, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2024
  • But of those, roughly 1.7 million blew off the presidential contests — 22% of the voters.
    — George Skelton, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • This is the central novelty behind the premise of Medusa Deluxe: a murder mystery set in the dog-perms-dog world of a regional hairstyling contest.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023

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