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What does contention mean?

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Noun
  1. Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
  2. A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.
  3. (computing) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
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A warmish couple of rounds had placed him in contention, but ultimately his poor physical condition prevailed.
After the death of Liszt in 1888, there was contention among the critical hierarchy over the musical value of his works.
Their contention, supported by the evidence of Professor Baldwin, is that both oxidative and reductive pathways involve the enol.
Though these organisms may also be found as normal flora of alimentary tract, data supporting this contention are lacking.
Two goals in each half kept Sligo in contention despite not registering a score for the final 13 minutes.
This year's trade market suffered because so many clubs were bunched together, unable to identify whether they were in or out of contention.

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