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Discover LudwigThe phrase "by contesting" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate the method or means by which something is being challenged or opposed. Example: By contesting the election results, the candidate hoped to prove that the vote was fraudulent.
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He could, however, still seek entry to parliament by contesting a by-election after that.
Parties qualify for election broadcasts by contesting 50 seats or more.
He complicated his retirement from safe Central Fife by contesting hopeless South Hams that same year.
Here you're obliged to play hardball, not least by contesting their version of events.
By contesting the roads into Bamian, the insurgents have added to the sense of encirclement of the Afghan capital, Kabul.
The longer answer is that it might have been better served by contesting Pennsylvania throughout the campaign, rather than just at the last minute.
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In fact, those coalitions tend to form on a contest-by-contest basis, with the characters changing from one race to the other.
By Jeffrey Goldberg Contesting the uses of power: John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama.
During the cold war the very word "peace" was misappropriated by both contesting sides.
In contrast, group interviews or focus groups are "social spaces in which participants co-construct the 'patient's view' by sharing, contesting and acquiring knowledge" [ 27].
Described by contest officials as "one of the most intelligent contestants in recent memory," the 25-year-old scientist beat out Miss New Jersey Chhavi Verg for the crown. .
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