disputed
Example Sentences
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The rebels said they would pull out of Uvira last week under pressure from the US, but their reported withdrawal has been disputed by Congolese authorities.
From BBC
They are said to have been refusing food for 49 days, 43 days and 42 days respectively - accounts that have not been disputed by officials.
From BBC
While the existence of fume events isn’t contested, the possibility that they could lead to serious illness—and even deaths—is hotly disputed.
This month, the OCR ordered employees affected by the disputed layoffs back to work.
From Salon
Other chapters, however, seem more peripheral, such as those that give blow-by-blow accounts of Russian-Qing diplomacy over the disputed Amur region far to the east of Mongolia.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
