no contest

noun

Examples of no contest in a Sentence

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Three of the four charges against him were dropped in January 2024, and Jackson was sentenced to six months probation after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge in March 2024. Ilana Frost, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025 The other driver — Kyle Harrison, who was 23 at the time of the crash — pleaded no contest to charges including vehicular manslaughter. Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025 Additionally, assistant director David Halls, who served as the film's safety coordinator, pleaded no contest to negligent use of a deadly weapon. Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 But 26-year-old Andrew Patrick Kelly did plead no contest to a statutory rape charge and received a two-year probation term, as part of the plea deal with Alameda County prosecutors. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for no contest 

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of no contest was in 1931

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“No contest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20contest. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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no contest

noun
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