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Example sentences for: contender

How can you use “contender” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

George Bush says that he is a likely contender for the presidency in 2000, but only if he succeeds in reforming Texas' taxes.
Paul Wellstone, a possible contender for the 2000 Democratic presidential nomination.
1 contender is the JFK assassination.
The national Republican Party reportedly pressured Pataki to do it so there'd be a strong Republican campaign against the probable Democratic contender, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
McCain asserted that he'd become a contender.