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Example sentences for: contends

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The attorney general contends that the money belongs in the state's unclaimed property fund.
Another school of thought contends that faith and reason occupy two different realms of knowing.
Historian Paul Johnson contends that Clinton is the "most disreputable president ever."
An accompanying piece introduces us to "Real-Life ER Beauties": Julianna Margulies and George Clooney have nothing on these hot docs, contends the article.
"By hiring an obscure attorney in Arkansas," Weisberg contends, "or by letting his regular lawyer handle the case, Clinton would have sent a compelling signal that [the] story was a fantasy."