source of contention

collocation in English

meaningsofsourceandcontention

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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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contention
noun
uk
/kənˈten.ʃən/us
/kənˈten.ʃən/
the disagreement that results from ...
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(Definition ofsourceandcontentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsource of contention

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Here we combine historical and geographical research methods to investigate a neglectedsourceofcontention-that of property held by the church.
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Multiple interpretations and understandings of the terms involvement and participation by different agencies are asourceofcontention.
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Logically a single shared task pool is used, but this will inevitably become asourceofcontentionin a largescale system if implemented as a single queue.
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This a conceptual presupposition of the ver y idea of a rule of recognition, and is thus not thesourceofcontentionamong any participants to the discussion.
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Whether to engage in attempts to influence public needs talk has been, and remains, asourceofcontentionwithin the diverse elements of the women's movement.
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It seems that things are not going smoothly with this dam which has long been asourceofcontention.
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It is not desirable that these churchyards should go on being, as, unhappily, they have been in the past, asourceofcontention.
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There are now problems with four-wheel-drive vehicles on bridleways—a greatsourceofcontention.
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The financial implications are—and are likely to remain—a majorsourceofcontention, but they cannot be brushed aside: they must be tackled.
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Moreover, parking grievances are often thesourceofcontentionbetween tenants and harassed estate officers seeking to enforce parking restrictions.
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Milk powder is anothersourceofcontentionin the farming industry at the moment.
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It has not been asourceofcontention.
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Local government finance has been a strongsourceofcontentionfor a very long time.
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This matter will probably always be asourceofcontention.
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That is asourceofcontention.
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This had been asourceofcontentionfor some time.
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As southern structures were either ruined or rebuilt, restoration of their original outlook has been asourceofcontentionbetween art historians.
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Though asourceofcontention, there appear to be three current streams of inquiry: neurophysiology, social psychology and cognitive behaviorism.
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The song's lyrics proved a majorsourceofcontention.
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From the inception of the district, the question of where to locate its headquarters has been asourceofcontention.
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