matter of contention
Example Sentences
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However, the price accessibility that Jones points to is a matter of contention.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
What happened next is a matter of contention.
From Slate • Jun. 19, 2024
Whether he actually said those words is a matter of contention, but they did sum up his message.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2022
Exactly how to define the physical is a matter of contention.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
The succession to the British throne was soon made a matter of contention; and the scenes which ensued were a demonstration of the serious affliction which the kingdom was involved in.
From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by Foxe, John