serious contender

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandcontender

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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contender
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈten.dər/us
/kənˈten.dɚ/
someone who competes with other people to try to ...
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(Definition ofseriousandcontenderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This book is aseriouscontenderto be the textbook of choice for the undergraduate students.
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The capability approach has thereby become aseriouscontenderfor utilitarianism and resources-based evaluations.
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The second large disadvantage of simple majority is that the entry of a third party as aseriouscontenderis rendered extremely difficult.
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The team fell off and would not be aseriouscontenderagain until the late-1980s.
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Although challenged by the rank-and-file in 1940, noseriouscontenderfor the presidency emerged until nearly a decade later.
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She was never considered legitimate and, when the king was dying, no one took her as aseriouscontenderfor the crown.
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He specializes in the 1500m run but is aseriouscontenderin every mid-distance race from 800m up to and including the 5k.
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The club's form improved as the season went by, but they were never aseriouscontenderto the league title.
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It rapidly gained popularity and by the mid-1980s was aseriouscontenderas a mainline minicomputer operating system.
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Capablanca was now recognized as aseriouscontenderfor the world championship.
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He was not considered aseriouscontender, starting at odds of 66/1 in a field of twenty-eight.
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A moreseriouscontenderwas basing all public transport on coaches.
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He was named the candidate most likely to become aseriouscontender.
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Considered aseriouscontenderin 1997, she finished third in a narrow three-way contest.
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He has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself, and is aseriouscontenderin auto racing competitions.
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It was not aseriouscontenderon the charts.
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He performed strongly in polls, immediately becoming aseriouscontender.
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The army would in time become aseriouscontenderfor political office, different from political parties only in its control over the instruments of violence.
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Their 51 made three-point field goals more than doubled that record, and the 109 three-point attempts record has never had aseriouscontenderto break it.
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