Verb You can dispute your bill if you believe it is inaccurate. These estimates are hotly disputed by scientists. No one ever disputed that it was the right decision. The source of the text has been disputed for centuries. a part of the city where two drug gangs are disputing territory Noun They could not settle their dispute. There is a labor dispute between workers and management. The two farmers are involved in a land dispute. See More
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Verb
Witnesses also dispute the U.S. Marshals' assertion that first aid was performed right away, before emergency medical services arrived. John Raby, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022 Etowah County prosecutors dispute those claims, but neither a judge nor a jury has had an opportunity to examine the evidence.al, 7 Sep. 2022 Some planetary experts dispute the 2006 vote, saying the definitions are arbitrary. Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2022 Many legal experts dispute that, saying the president’s broad declassification powers need to follow a process that records the declassification of documents. Vivian Salama, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2022 But others, including some in the Muslim community in New Mexico, dispute that sectarian hatred played a role. Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 20 Aug. 2022 Maharaj, Duvoisin and Doig vehemently dispute the accuracy of Pringle’s account. Cara Fitzpatrick, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 Both Haynes and Tisdale strongly dispute this characterization. Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2022 Corrales’ parents and their attorneys dispute that assertion, saying Corrales had an arrangement with the owner and had been driving the vehicle for months. Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2022
Noun
The dispute is over a new contract, though many parents see it as the latest in a series of rolling closures. Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 The dispute is one of the first to arise in the cases of former detectives Jaynes, Sgt. Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 7 Sep. 2022 The dispute is the latest example of how Texas’ unprecedented challenge to the federal government’s authority on the border has created a clash among agencies working at cross purposes. Acacia Coronado, Chron, 2 Sep. 2022 The dispute is, in some ways, a philosophical question about fair pay among the workforce. Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2022 The dispute over its release is the latest fallout from the Aug. 8 search, which culminated in FBI agents carting away 11 sets of classified documents in about 20 boxes. Erik Larson, Bloomberg.com, 17 Aug. 2022 The dispute was on track to end early next month because the promotional list from the 2019 test expires Sept. 2. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2022 The dispute was close enough to the field that Moore was able to take action. Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2022 But President Biden assumed the presidency while the dispute was pending, and Neal renewed his request for five years of income tax returns from Trump and his businesses beginning in 2015. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb and Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French desputer, from Latin disputare to discuss, from dis- + putare to think