contestation

Example Sentences

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This is a site of contestation and struggle over minds, emotions and modes of agency; it takes place in diverse cultural apparatuses that must be challenged, redefined and appropriated as sites of resistance.

From Salon

Whether this new contestation over the islands changes any of that remains to be seen.

From BBC

Uncertainty invites contestation at precisely the most dangerous point, on the eve of inaugurating the new president.

From Washington Post

Many advocates fear that holding the elections under such conditions could set the stage for a prolonged — and possibly violent — period of contestation by those who do not prevail.

From Washington Post

Wood submitted his contestation Friday after a psychologist examined Daybell, 47, and declared her not competent for trial.

From Fox News