contestable

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Although the definition of the upper middle class is contestable, a glance at standard income tables shows that their story is broadly correct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Borthwick has predicted that Wales, under new coach Steve Tandy, will take to the skies with "50 contestable kicks" when the teams meet at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

“A ranking is the product of innumerable and contestable design choices,” Miles wrote to his students on Nov. 23.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2022

The levy was seen as a fairer fund-collecting mechanism than a general price adjustment clause that would allow suppliers themselves to pass price increases on to customers, which experts see as legally contestable.

From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2022

Postmodernists often assume that because facts are expressed in language they are inherently contestable.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton