How to Use at odds in a Sentence

at odds

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  • Sometimes those two goals can be at odds.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Late-night ice cream and a good night of sleep have long been at odds.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
  • The front of the house and the kitchen crew are often at odds.
    Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2025
  • Those views are at odds with how many young people feel about the king.
    Muktita Suhartono, New York Times, 12 May 2023
  • But a fairy tale for grown-ups and a fairy tale at odds with itself.
    Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Yet Farage’s plans appear at odds with the law.
    Olivia Kemp, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
  • But that would appear to be at odds with the docket.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
  • All of which seems very much at odds with Roan's persona.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
  • At first, that seems at odds with Aleys’s tragic fate.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Schiff, meanwhile, has been at odds with Trump for years.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Likewise, parents might be at odds with their kids.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Both were at odds with human nature.
    Mark Patinkin, The Providence Journal, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Good medicine and wellness are not at odds with good public health.
    Robert M. Califf, STAT, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That statement is at odds with the sheriff’s record.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Many of the claims, though, were at odds with the video evidence.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
  • In my world, the two vibes don’t have to be at odds with one another.
    Outside, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Those goals, however, are at odds.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Too often, no one is sure who makes the final call when speed and risk are at odds.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Some see it as directly at odds with getting work done in the lab.
    Bynatalia Mesa, science.org, 8 June 2023
  • The absences were at odds with how the tour had been marketed.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Her career and image was very much at odds with her childhood.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2025
  • There are some key aspects of the bill at odds with the House version.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • This puts her at odds with Rachel, her beloved college-student niece.
    Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The two sets of guidelines aren’t totally at odds.
    Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • To read in this way is to go against the grain, to feel oneself at odds, alienated, alone.
    A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • Politics and facts are often at odds.
    Mike Patton, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The company and town were for years at odds over its annual tax bill.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 15 June 2023
  • The bull case is a torrent of words at odds with cash-flow reality.
    Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • The families of some of the missing are at odds about what should happen next.
    Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 1 June 2023
  • The two have long been at odds, with territory at the heart of the dispute.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026

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