as in violating
to fail to keep
the unauthorized reproduction of the image contravenes copyright laws
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Recent Examples of contravening
In the years intervening, the poem has remained a lodestar, a contravening presence when, in present day America’s vituperative political landscape, the humanities disciplines and higher education itself has been forced to invoke and defend its own authority.
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Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
The problem comes when ideological casting choices begin to undermine the narrative, contravening Grisham’s famously effective structure and pacing.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Turkey sees it as contravening the Montreux Convention and its own strategic interests.
—Galip Dalay, Time, 19 Aug. 2025
Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
The problem comes when ideological casting choices begin to undermine the narrative, contravening Grisham’s famously effective structure and pacing.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Turkey sees it as contravening the Montreux Convention and its own strategic interests.
—Galip Dalay, Time, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contravening
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In their filing in Sacramento Superior Court, the residents accuse city officials of violating Measure O, which mandates that interim shelters sit more than 500 feet away from bodies of water or streams.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Sculptor and illustrator Jacques Tilly, who designed the aforementioned float, has been reported to the police for disseminating hate speech and violating the Criminal Code, which prohibits the use of Nazi imagery for purposes not expressly linked to art, scholarship, teaching, or reporting.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Apr. 2026
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These titles include Hijra, from ground-breaking Saudi director Shahad Ameen; TIFF selections Amoeba by Tan Siyou and Maddie by John Early as well as AI documentary Intelligence Rising from Oscar and BAFTA winning filmmaker Elena Andreicheva.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2026
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His most recent stop before Arkansas was in Baltimore, Maryland, as a night and breaking news editor.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Contravening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contravening. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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