Contenders
Sports and contenders are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sports" instead a noun "Contenders".
Sports
Contenders and sports are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contenders" instead a noun "Sports".
Both words in one sentence
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In combat sports such as boxing and Mixed Martial Arts, contenders on the rise are often matched up with "gatekeepers," who are reasonably tough veterans of the sport who will not be challenging for the title any time soon.
Source: The Worf Effect - This allowed the show to be framed as a serious sporting event, helped by Saturdays being the UK's traditional sports day each week,The show was revived in May 2008 (probably to due to nostalgia) on Sky1, where an all-new team of Gladiators took on a new group of Contenders.
Source: Series / Gladiators
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Sports and Contenders. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contenders/sports
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Sports or Contenders. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contenders/sports.
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