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contend
verb as in compete, fight
Strong matches
verb as in claim, assert
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Like most restaurants in Los Angeles, Mirate operates on razor-thin margins and was already contending with higher costs across the board due to inflation, as well as lingering effects from the pandemic and Hollywood strikes.
It’s not just the automotive industry that is contending with tariff tumult.
It would not be a surprise to see him contend again this year.
Can the Bruins really contend for their first conference championship since 1998 in Foster’s second season?
“Mr. Sidhu exercised extraordinarily poor judgment believing that his political opponents would use the information against him in his reelection campaign,” his attorneys argued, but contended his behavior did not amount to corruption.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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