contend
Example Sentences
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The tribes contend the slot-machine-like machines are a game of chance and under its purview.
From Los Angeles Times
Critics contend Minnesota doesn’t deserve to be the staging ground for what the DHS has billed as the largest operation in the department’s history.
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
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