no contest

noun

Examples of no contest in a Sentence

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But 26-year-old Andrew Patrick Kelly did plead no contest to a statutory rape charge and received a two-year probation term, as part of the plea deal with Alameda County prosecutors. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025 According to a filing by his attorney, Warner is pleading no contest to a misdemeanor assault charge in the 2019 incident when he was accused of blowing his nose on a videographer. Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025 Last year, Kory York, a Louisiana state trooper, pleaded no contest to eight counts of misdemeanor battery and was placed on probation for one year. Sara Ruberg, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025 Depa pleaded no contest — neither admitting guilt nor disputing the charge — on Oct. 30, 2023. Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for no contest 

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of no contest was in 1931

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“No contest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20contest. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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no contest

noun
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