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Recent Examples of uncontested
Tech had taken a slim, 12-11 lead on Cole Kirouac’s alley-oop dunk only to see Kiyan Anthony hit a 3 and Donnie Freeman flush an uncontested two-handed slam, putting Syracuse up 16-12.
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Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Gatkek had another turnover on an inbound pass with 55 seconds left that allowed Dante Harris' uncontested layup to a break a 76-76 tie.
—Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2026
After another stinker for three quarters in prime time, after another disappointment in less-than-pristine weather, there really is no justification for the Dolphins to play another game, let alone another season, with Tagovailoa as the uncontested starter.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
The Wolverines’ next basket came when Isaac Davis was left alone under the basket for an uncontested layup.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncontested
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Even so, the menace has never gone unchallenged.—
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The shooter spent much of that time unchallenged in the two connected classrooms, amid dead, dying and traumatized children and adults.—
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For more than a century, the two oldest restaurants in the City of Angels—Philippe the Original and Cole’s Pacific Electric Buffet—feuded over the true provenance of the French-dip sandwich, which (this much is undisputed) was first served in 1908.—
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Rival Valparaiso is the undisputed team to beat.—
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But that this was a transformative moment — for good or bad — seemed indisputable.—
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That being said, the numbers are indisputable.—
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“Uncontested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncontested. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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