contention

be in contention for the championship

My contention is that...

This is an issue of great contention at the moment.

My contention is that the scheme will never work.

Three players are in contention to win the title.

the top guns in contention for the coveted post of chairman.

The study of English requires effort and contention of mind.

Only three teams are now in contention for the title.

The property left by their father was a bone of contention between the brothers.

The teams met in fierce contention for first place.

the captured territory was one of the main areas of contention between the two countries.

Columbus's contention that the earth was round turned out to be correct.

The interpretation of this painting has long been a bone of contention among art historians.

His contentions cannot be laughed out of court.

they dispute the contention that changes in interest rates directly affect the price level.

P-DCF mechanism adopts the technique of piggybacking reserved contention window.

and coeditor of State and Society in 21st-Century China: Crisis, Contention, and Legitimation (2004).

The channeling of E.U. funds to the Palestinian Authority to unofficial or semiofficial accounts was a bone of contention that often troubled many an honest official of the Union.

On balance, I hold the contention that exams are useful rather than harmful.

Pay, historically a big bone of contention, is the easier part to settle.

But that refundable part is actually a point of contention.

The real bone of contention has been this issue of the $15 minimum wage.

Komarov's remains are also a point of contention.

A bone of contention is the cause of a long-standing argument.

It's been a big point of contention in the community.

This is a little different from having a bone of contention.

A more informal way to say bone of contention is sticking point.

So when they are in contention for an Oscar, it means something deeper.