as in unchallenged
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Recent Examples of uncontested
Voters for the Village of Lake Zurich races, presented with candidates in all uncontested races, returned a number of familiar faces to public office Tuesday.
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Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
PDFs are usually uncontested contenders (much like Microsoft) but SVG files have seemingly come out of nowhere to take up a competitive share of malicious space.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Notably, the defense team chose not to cross-examine Ms. Ventura’s statements, allowing her damaging testimony to stand uncontested.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 20 May 2025
This has become shorthand for something simply achieved — an uncontested layup, a simple assignment from the boss, an exam question in ChatGPT’s sweet spot, a putt that need not be putted, and now, perhaps, a luxury presidential jet.
—Matthew Purdy, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
PDFs are usually uncontested contenders (much like Microsoft) but SVG files have seemingly come out of nowhere to take up a competitive share of malicious space.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Notably, the defense team chose not to cross-examine Ms. Ventura’s statements, allowing her damaging testimony to stand uncontested.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 20 May 2025
This has become shorthand for something simply achieved — an uncontested layup, a simple assignment from the boss, an exam question in ChatGPT’s sweet spot, a putt that need not be putted, and now, perhaps, a luxury presidential jet.
—Matthew Purdy, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncontested
Adjective
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The clear, neutral spirit has dominated American liquor sales for decades, far surpassing whiskey, which once enjoyed an unchallenged status as the nation's preferred spirit.—
Time,
Time,
4 June 2025
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If left unchallenged, excessive maritime claims could limit the rights and freedoms enjoyed by every nation.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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But the big goal—undisputed lightweight glory—slipped through his fingers in a razor-close loss to Devin Haney in May 2023.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Areas to Visit Montego Bay Montego Bay is the undisputed beach capital of the island, with hotels and resorts of every shape and size lining its powdery fine sands.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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One growing increasingly more indisputable as Claudia Pina dinks a curling effort in off Chelsea goalkeeper Hannah Hampton’s far post, putting Chelsea 3-0 down before half-time in their Champions League second-leg semi-final and the Stamford Bridge home crowd to a reality check no one wanted.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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With each passing year, the legacy Carey has crafted only becomes more indisputable.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Uncontested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncontested. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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