contended (with)

verb

past tense of contend (with)
1
as in addressed
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently a multitude of problems to contend with as soon as he returned to the office

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2
as in opposed
to strive to reduce or eliminate medical missionaries who daily contend with disease and poverty

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contended (with)
  1. addressed
  2. opposed
  3. managed
  4. fought
  5. handled
  6. manipulated
  7. treated
  8. took
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  • The Chargers addressed their need for depth by signing eighth-year offensive lineman Daniel Brunskill to the practice squad before elevating him to the active roster Saturday.
    — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Coordination addressed the limited space available at the range and the need to protect surrounding operations during the event.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of addressed
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  • National polling from Gallup found 70% of Americans oppose a data center being built in their area, and that opposition is bipartisan — a New York Times/Siena poll this fall found roughly two-thirds opposed regardless of party.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
  • His committee was dedicated to destroying a 2024 marijuana ballot measure that DeSantis opposed.
    — Liv Caputo, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of opposed
Verb
  • Kellermeyer is one of a number of companies referenced in lawsuits filed in recent months that accuse funds managed by some of Wall Street’s biggest names of inflating their marks, often to increase their own payouts.
    — Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The hospitality brand holds a 30-year concession to run the lodge, which is part of the Tompkins Conservation project and managed by the National Forestry Agency.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of managed
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  • Firefighters from the district and the Sacramento Fire Department fought the blaze.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
  • As a mother and someone who has fought to protect the innocence of children, this crosses a line.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of fought
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  • The paperwork is handled well, the farewell party is arranged, gifts are presented and everyone assumes that whatever needed to be passed to the next person has already been passed.
    — Vikas Arora, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The student who spoke with campus police criticized how the department handled the matter.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of handled
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  • Roughly half of the 10 patients in the study had some vision restoration after researchers injected them with a gene to make their retina produce a light-sensing protein so that it could be manipulated.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The senses of anyone entering these tombs were heavily manipulated.
    — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of manipulated
Verb
  • Those albums treated homecoming as a means of rebirth and reclamation; creole culture moves on the same wavelength but is more coy about the references.
    — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Later, hundreds of protesters gathered outside New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital in upper Manhattan where the man who was shot was being treated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of treated
Verb
  • The casing is consistent with the same caliber of weapon that Jones had in his possession when police took him into custody, a Fort Worth Police Department homicide unit detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This latest group of founders stands on the shoulders of giants from the noughties like Spotify, Klarna, and Skype, who themselves took inspiration from the postwar design empires of IKEA, H&M and Tetra Pak (modernizer of the milk carton).
    — Jan Larsson, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of took
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“Contended (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contended%20%28with%29. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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