Approve
Contend
Contend verb - To engage in a contest.
Common collocations
| time | approve time | contend time |
| characters | approve characters | contend characters |
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Contend and Approve. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/approve/contend
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