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bone of contention

NOUN
  1. the subject of a dispute
    the real bone of contention, as you know, is money

How To Use bone of contention In A Sentence

  • Their main bone of contention is the qualification process, which they consider manifestly unfair and skewed against them. Times, Sunday Times
  • The initial bone of contention was the question of the terms on which sympathizers should be admitted to the Party.
  • The high-pitched wail made by the cars at speed is another bone of contention. Times, Sunday Times
  • The main bone of contention is the temperature level of the air-conditioners.
  • The examination system has long been a serious bone of contention in this country.
  • Mr Zhao's fate, and by association his legacy, have become a big bone of contention in the leadership.
  • the real bone of contention, as you know, is money
  • The link between correlation and causation seems to be the bone of contention.
  • The high-pitched wail made by the cars at speed is another bone of contention. Times, Sunday Times
  • Hitler has said, and repeated in a broadcast yesterday, that the Saar was the last territorial bone of contention with France. Cake Eater Chronicles
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