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disputes
  • plural of dispute.
  • present tense form of dispute (3rd person singular).

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Iraq, overcoming regional disputes, is also sending some of its oil through a pipeline to Turkey.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

And it gets worse: The Mathews test doesn’t just apply to disputes over immigration bond hearings, but any time a plaintiff alleges they’ve had their due process violated.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2026

The deal, set to be signed Friday, also postpones rather than resolves the conflict’s central disputes.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

No one disputes its benefit as a safety tool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

It is not impossible to imagine priority disputes without the printing press, but in fact there are no priority disputes that we know of which predate printing.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton