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What is the adjective for contestable?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs contend and contest which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

contentious
  1. Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
  2. Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “For decades, insect evolution has been a highly contentious issue.”
      “It is a space where locals engage in a contentious debate over ethnic nationalism and identity.”
      “We have always been a contentious people without any hesitation to tear down our leaders.”
contested
  1. controversial; contentious; debated
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In this period, the borough presidency was a hotly contested prize.”
      “The fact that sub-national entities are prohibited from regulating mining in their jurisdictions has become a highly contested issue among social movements and local authorities.”
contestible
  1. Alternative spelling of contestable
contestable
  1. That which can be contested.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “But, commensurately, we have a high responsibility to science itself as an open system of contestable evidence.”
      “Firstly, there is a contestable question of fact about historic significance.”
      “So that deciding contestable moral questions by reference to what any particular person would think about them loses its validity.”
contestatory
  1. Serving to contest something.
contended
contending
contesting
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