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challenged

[chal-injd] / ˈtʃæl ɪndʒd /
ADJECTIVE
contested
Synonyms


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Winning teams can be poor at challenges: The three teams with the best records in baseball were challenge challenged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

It’s a story I’ve repeatedly told over my decades-long journalism career, and no one has yet challenged my description of my grandmother as an immigrant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

A place to learn and grow and be challenged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The book challenged strict parenting norms of the time and in the following decades parents were offered more advice from an increasing range of voices.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Because Hamilton had been challenged, he had the choice of weapons.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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