direct challenge

Frequency: 7.414.3 per million words

a challenge made openly and without ambiguity

challengeADJECTIVE + NOUN

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direct

Examples (10)

  • The demonstration represents a direct challenge to the new law.
  • The opposition party issued a direct challenge to the prime minister's authority.
  • Filing the lawsuit was a direct challenge to the company's controversial policy.
  • His speech was interpreted as a direct challenge to the established leadership.
  • The startup's innovative product poses a direct challenge to the industry giant.
  • Her research paper presents a direct challenge to the prevailing scientific theory.
  • Refusing to follow the unfair rule was a direct challenge to the system's legitimacy.
  • The new evidence constitutes a direct challenge to the official account of events.
  • He faced a direct challenge for his position on the board from a younger colleague.
  • This artistic movement is a direct challenge to traditional aesthetic values.