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Plural
contests
1
a competition in which participants compete to defeat their opponents
- The contest for the championship title was intense and thrilling.
- She trained for months to win the national spelling contest.
- The pie-eating contest drew a large crowd at the fair.
- He entered a photography contest to showcase his best work.
- The chess contest between the two grandmasters lasted for hours.
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a conflict or competition between rivals
- The contest for control of the company became increasingly heated.
- The election turned into a fierce contest between the two leading candidates.
- Their long-standing contest over the championship title finally came to an end.
- The business world is full of contests for market dominance.
- The contest for the best actor award was a showdown between two seasoned performers.