Definition of CONFLICTING

Examples of conflicting in a Sentence

conflicting reports from the witnesses at the scene

Recent Examples of conflicting from the Web

The violence around Mansoura has produced conflicting casualty allegations, common amid the fog of this war.

— Bloomberg.com, "US-Backed Syrian Fighters Advancing Toward IS-held Raqqa", 3 June 2017
Despite the general’s promises to make the country safer, there are conflicting signs of whether Filipinos feel that way.

— aurora almendral, New York Times, "The General Running Duterte’s Antidrug War", 2 June 2017
Bao was ultimately fired from his job in Florida, not long after giving conflicting testimony during the trial of George Zimmerman, who was ultimately acquitted of murdering Martin.

— deanna boyd, star-telegram, "Could the death of one abused child have saved the life of another?", 31 May 2017
That incident, in March 1979, was the result of equipment and operator error and prompted 144,000 people to evacuate amid conflicting or ill-informed information from utility and government officials.

— scott dance, baltimoresun.com, "Exelon eyes closure of Three Mile Island reactor; Maryland's Calvert Cliffs considered economically strong", 30 May 2017
When asked about it, body language experts had conflicting views.

— nicole chavez, CNN, "Decoding Trump's body language", 28 May 2017
But the data obtained by The Times show a conflicting reality: Between 2014 and 2016, there were more than 200 instances when surgeons began two cases at the same time or within five minutes of each other.

— justin mayo, The Seattle Times, "A one-week snapshot of Swedish surgeries", 26 May 2017
Committee member Dede Smith says the committee felt that there wasn’t a historic reference that didn’t have conflicting histories.

— associated press, Washington Post, "Charlottesville committee reviews suggestions for park names", 26 May 2017
The World Wide Web Consortium and others want to make XML more flexible by adding a layer of schemas, which could have the effect of breaking down the divisions among conflicting formats.

— tom abate, WIRED, "Searching for the Language of Life", 1 Apr. 2001

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