How to pronounce contested

Listen to contested in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“contested” in real sentences

828 clips in the index · 106 American · 333 British · 20 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. a contested election Sultan

    Oxford Union · hear it here

  2. Education is highly contested.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  3. Territory was savagely contested.

    British Library · hear it here

  4. work or RIT is rarely contested on the campus very rarely contested and but

    American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) · hear it here

Why real speech

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