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
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
Previn was the adopted daughter of Allen’s long-time significant other Mia Farrow; their relationship was a matter of contention and a very public scandal during Farrow and Allen’s split in the early 1990s.
From Slate • Sep. 16, 2018
The jurisdiction of ecclesiastical courts, which kings, because they happened to have a less liking for feudal law, had often favored, had now come to be another great matter of contention.
From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park
