real contest
Frequency: 6.89.2 per million words
a genuinely competitive and challenging contest
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- After a slow start, the game finally turned into a real contest in the second half.
- The primary election has become a real contest, with three candidates now polling neck and neck.
- With both champions at their peak, tomorrow's final is expected to be a real contest.
- It wouldn't be a real contest if one team was so obviously superior.
- The two tech giants are so evenly matched that the battle for market supremacy should be a real contest.
- Watching a real contest is far more exciting than seeing a one-sided victory.
- Last year's championship wasn't a real contest; the winners dominated from the very beginning.
- For the first time in years, the local election offers voters a real contest of ideas and policies.
- "That was a real contest! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time," she exclaimed.
- As smaller companies innovate, the fight for consumer attention is evolving into a real contest.