How to Use point of contention in a Sentence

point of contention

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• The whale mural and the usage of the space has long been a point of contention for Detroiters.
  — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2024
• Fees on Airbnb have been a point of contention for years.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
• The style of the painting is also a point of contention.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
• And that was a big point of contention between you and Pooh.
  — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
• The vagueness of the bill became a point of contention among Democrats.
  — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
• How much time kids spend on phones is a main point of contention.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
• While the case proceeds, the fate of the house where the murders occurred has been a point of contention.
  — Mike Baker, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• Still, the story's final act is a point of contention amid the praise.
  — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
• The other major point of contention is the height of the temple’s steeple.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
• The proximity of the project to Travis Air Force Base has been one point of contention.
  — Melody Gutierrez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• Even the News-Press’ origin story has been a point of contention.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
• Yet who gets to shelter in these spaces is a point of contention.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2024
• Choosing a backing band was a point of contention for the sisters.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
• The pay gap between union and nonunion factories has long been a point of contention.
  — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
• This becomes a point of contention later, when Colin and Eloise are in the same carriage on the way to that evening’s ball.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 May 2024
• The duo’s space race rivalry has also been a point of contention.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2023
• The command structure of the armed forces was another point of contention.
  — Chris Massaro, Fox News, 2 May 2023
• One key point of contention is the number of episodes WBD was entitled to for seasons 24 – 26.
  — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Apr. 2023
• Hoosiers again struggle from free-throw line Free-throw shooting has been a constant point of contention for the Hoosiers this year.
  — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Jan. 2024
• Netanyahu's visit has been a point of contention in the U.S. where protests calling for an end to the war are expected.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 23 July 2024
• The timing of their creation is a point of contention between the parties involved.
  — Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Extreme punitive measures The hijab has long been a point of contention in Iran.
  — Celine Alkhaldi, CNN, 2 Aug. 2023
• Even as a lighter-skinned biracial woman, her Blackness proved to be a point of contention among the white people who spoke about her.
  — Hazlitt, 3 May 2023
• The rising costs have long been a point of contention between the team and the city of Santa Clara, which have quarreled intensely over who should foot the bill.
  — Grace Hase, Sacramento Bee, 11 June 2024
• Defense spending among the 31 NATO member states has been a point of contention.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2024
• That bill, which passed out of the House on Monday, wasn’t introduced until early March, and has been a point of contention in the Senate.
  — Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2024
• How Morales’ race and ethnicity would play into the stories has been a point of contention.
  — Regina Marie Mills, Fortune, 6 June 2023
• Return-to-office, though, wasn’t the only point of contention between VMWare and its new parent.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2023
• Another point of contention has been the number of missing.
  — Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
• Money was sometimes a point of contention as Mum loved shopping/spending a lot and Dad never went into clothes shops so didn’t have any idea how much things cost.
  — refinery29.com, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024