Sentence examples for contested the assumption from inspiring English sources
The doctors in this study clearly contested the assumption behind a short formal hospital induction programme for new staff, that this was in any way sufficient to pre-empt the cycles of professional isolation and feelings of unsafeness they said they all experienced in their first several months on the job after arriving from another country.
The conception of the ancient language that took form in the work of Keichû and Mabuchi marks the beginning of a new concern for temporal and cultural difference that contested the universalist assumptions of Confucianism.
Our country contested this assumption during the War of 1812 after the British impressed Americans into the Royal Navy, insisting that they remained the king's subjects.
In 1996, the Dearing report (Dearing [1996]) contested this assumption and proposed major changes in the education system to create parity, such as stronger links between HEIs and industry.
Among those who've contested this assumption in recent years are Russia's Pussy Riot, arrested in 2012 for performing their Punk Prayer in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
Borghese Inc. contested the trademark.
The bank contested the accusations.
It bitterly contested the Iraq war.
The MDC contested the elections anyway.
Wagstaffs sister Judith contested the will.
Of those who contested the vote?
