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Wiktionary

  1. n. Plural form of challenge.
  2. v. third-person singular simple present indicative form of challenge.

Etymologies

  1. Middle English chalenge, from Old French, from Latin calumnia, trickery, false accusation; see calumny. V., from Middle English chalengen, from Old French chalangier, from Latin calumniārī, from calumnia.

Examples

  • “But U.S. spokesmen are stressing the continued value of engagement with, and aid to, Pakistan, and saying the Obama administration is committed to working through what they term challenges in the relationship.”

    Voice of America: US Cites 'Challenges' in Pakistan Ties After Arrests Report

  • “Mark Feldman, chief strategist the U of T's McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, says the phrase challenges us to look beyond the obvious.”

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  • “Set in a variety of vivid real-world locales, the title challenges players to hone their animal instinct as they uncover hidden dangers, hunt and defeat enemies, and take on seemingly insurmountable situations while discovering the truth about Wolverine's tragic past.”

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  • “The title challenges a maximum of eight players to sail across a hex-based oceanic battleground, capturing towns with their upgradeable ship avatars.”

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  • “Set in a variety of vivid real-world locales, the title challenges players to hone their animal instinct as they uncover hidden dangers, hunt and destroy enemies, and take on seemingly insurmountable situations while discovering the truth about Wolverine's tragic past.”

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  • “Meanwhile, what of the costs Mr. Dreher might prefer the word "challenges" of doing so?”

    The Wall Street Journal: China's Innovation Future?

  • “CONAN: The other big issue that I think people were listening very carefully to was on the question of Iran, and this was again in part of the speech that the president referred to what he called challenges to our common security.”

    NPR: Obama Spells Out Foreign Policy Goals At U.N.

  • “We have seen how the scholarly-sounding word issues has for a decade swept aside the prosaic problems and obliterated the euphemism challenges.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time

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