contend
Example Sentences
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Regulating them within US borders, it contends, cannot meaningfully resolve a worldwide problem.
From Barron's
Harley Bassman, the former head of mortgage operations at Merrill Lynch who pens the Convexity Maven blog, contends the “housing log jam” could be broken by allowing “portability” of outstanding mortgages.
From Barron's
The White House reportedly plans to announce a proposal that could require some large tech companies to be responsible in some way for their increased energy use as Americans contend with higher utility bills.
From MarketWatch
Lawyers for the group contend the city is willfully obfuscating to cover up its inadequate efforts to live up to its settlement.
From Los Angeles Times
At the same time, he believes Jewish assimilation is a fantasy, as improbable as the socialism that, he contends, revealed its true nature in the Russian Revolution.
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