as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
the perennial question of whether there's an irreconcilable disaccord between science and religion
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as in to conflict
to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably
national security measures that disaccord with our cherished right to free expression
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Disboard lists many public discord servers and many young coders use the site, contributing a different demographic of coders.—
Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
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But warning signs of discord between networks and affiliates had been flashing for years.—
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The recent wave of detentions appears to conflict with federal protections granted under TPS, which is specifically designed to shield eligible Venezuelan nationals from deportation due to unsafe conditions in their home country.—
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The agents' presence and arrests in courthouses, particularly in New York, have resulted in conflicting mandates and instances of explosive anger, as NPR previously reported.—
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The sport of off-roading suffers from a fundamental discordance: The desire to get out into nature and the irreparable harm inherent in the process of off-roading.—
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Many of the tunes including sprawling intros and jam sessions, all melded together with discordance, reverb and instrumental solos.—
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Wanderlust may clash with the daily grind.—
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Meghan Markle’s sorority days may show why she was doomed to clash with the British royal family.—
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Indexing or eliminating caps would shift the burden from those least able to pay and smooth market frictions hurting families of all ages.—
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Together, these Cardinal energies create friction between the desire for compromise and the raw truth surrounding a situation.—
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As that interior strife becomes more evident, the beautiful mountain village gives way to rot, decay, and of course, actual monsters.—
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Drawing on his own proprietary study of 500 years of history, the founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, points to a predictable 80-year cycle that suggests an era of significant global and internal strife is upon us.—
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The discordancy is so intriguing — like learning that Katharine Graham went to nude encounter sessions at Esalen, or Alan Greenspan was once in a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover band.—
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In the dissent, Justice Melissa Standridge wrote that because the two laws conflict in their approach to handling religious exemptions, the federal law should take precedence.—
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Like many people who fled to the United States from authoritarian regimes, Fernandez says the United States appears to be at a tipping point, with Trump centralizing power to silence dissent and punish people he's declared as enemies, while bullying private businesses to fall in line.—
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“Disaccord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaccord. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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