sporting contest

collocation in English

meaningsofsportingandcontest

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sporting
adjective
uk
/ˈspɔː.tɪŋ/us
/ˈspɔːrt.ɪŋ/
relating ...
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contest
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.test/us
/ˈkɑːn.test/
a competition to do better than other people, usually in which prizes ...
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(Definition ofsportingandcontestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsporting contest

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After all, it is, moreover, asportingcontest, and of all things that is the kind that should be left to individualism and private enterprise.
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He does not seem to realise that people are sent here to represent the country and that it is not an ordinarysportingcontest.
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Billed as a bird-brainsportingcontest, the community event raises money for local charities including the community food bank.
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In quality of play, the match itself never measured up to the press headlines that it generated, although as asportingcontestit had its share of excitement.
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Not all jujutsu was used in sporting contests, but the practical use in the samurai world ended circa 1890.
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More elaborate grappling techniques and strategies were likely developed for use in sporting contests in the ancient world.
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Similarly, there was no attempt to standardize the events needed to make up such sporting contests until 1929.
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He was also responsible for the sports blackout bill which provides for the broadcast of local sold -out sporting contests.
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He argued that... in sporting contests, it is a mistake to become angry.
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Many traditional masters did not compete because they believed their skills could only be proven in serious duels and not sporting contests.
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The gameness of the early hunting terriers was exploited by using them in sporting contests.
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Its purpose was to organise sporting contests between the schools but it also created an elite club as other similar schools were denied membership.
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