Some examples and use cases from the internet:

Some examples and use cases from the internet:

• The king's contention was that flogging, fines, degradation, and excommunication , beyond which the spiritual courts could not go, were insufficient as ...
• According to a 1996 interview with S.S. Dotse about his life under British colonial rule: "Our contention was that the drink the white man brought is the same as ...
• His primary contention was that whereas Hirsch based Judaism on an ideology, old German Jewry was based simply on living life as a Jew. Dr Kohn felt that the ...
• ... Stephen Farber February 21, 2011. The contention was that a sellout was taking place led by, of all people, Richard Nixon, who originally exposed Alger Hiss.

• To assert or maintain: The defense contended that the evidence was inadmissible. ... 3. to assert or maintain earnestly: She contended that taxes were too high.
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• On the one hand, it is argued that speculators are affected only by the absolute variations in price, while on the other hand it is contended that a movement of ...
• language learners. See contend defined for kids  ...
• 1 : maintain, assert <contended that he was right>. 2 : to struggle for : contest. See contend defined for English
• verb (used with object). 4. to assert or maintain earnestly: He contended that taxes were too high. Origin of contend. Expand. late Middle English. Anglo