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"out of contention" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means that something is not able to be won or lost, but has already been decided or is no longer achievable. For example, "After they lost to their rival team, they were out of contention for the championship."
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It is easy to be put out of contention in the first leg of these ties.
What finally knocked it out of contention: a $4.29 share price.
Last month, Cincinnati and Las Vegas bowed out of contention.
They've hated themselves out of contention.
Canada is 14th, surely out of contention.
Out of contention.
Some were blown straight out of contention.
(She crashed out of contention midway through the contest).
The same radicals knocked him out of contention.
Wilko may not yet be out of contention.
Once he's absent, or out of contention, the tension drops.
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