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contention
1. n. Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
2. n. A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.
It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.
3. n. (computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.

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I'd like to try a glass of the wine, since it's such a bone of contention.  Oh, for a muse of water, that would descend the darkest toilets of contention.

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