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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.
Despite all these, Jim gained 541 first-preference votes and reached the quota when his running mate, Roberts, dropped out of contention.
He was in contention for the Open title, but faded in that strange final round with everyone else, except Whatshisname.
Their contention, supported by the evidence of Professor Baldwin, is that both oxidative and reductive pathways involve the enol.
Two goals in each half kept Sligo in contention despite not registering a score for the final 13 minutes.
I've seen him come back from laps down to win races and get himself back in contention.

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