as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
there was friction between the two sides of the family
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Recent Examples of friction
The issue has become another point of friction with China, which has accused the Philippines of going back on its word.
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Hugo’s Philosophy: AI as a Tool for Human Potential
For Hugo, AI is a tool that removes friction from daily tasks, allowing people to focus on creative and strategic work instead.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
This reduces friction with the water and enables high speed.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2025
In typical Sherman-Palladino fashion, these workplaces are full of bold personalities whose dedication to their personal ideologies creates a lot of friction that fuels the comedy.
—Oliver Sava, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Hugo’s Philosophy: AI as a Tool for Human Potential
For Hugo, AI is a tool that removes friction from daily tasks, allowing people to focus on creative and strategic work instead.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
This reduces friction with the water and enables high speed.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2025
In typical Sherman-Palladino fashion, these workplaces are full of bold personalities whose dedication to their personal ideologies creates a lot of friction that fuels the comedy.
—Oliver Sava, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for friction
Recent Examples of Synonyms for friction
Noun
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That was as close as Mrs. Obama got to directly addressing the rumors of marital discord.—
Claire Moses,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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But right now, there's no discord between he and I, which is great.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Attempting to rearrange these relationships is just going to cause marital strife for you.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2025
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For all the chaos and strife of the tariffs in the opening act of his second term, Trump’s U.S.-Canada-Mexico trade deal, which went into effect in 2020, and his negotiations with China during his first term indicate some ability not just to pick economic fights but to try to settle them.—
Jennifer M. Harris,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Despite some conflicts over the direction the church should take, most experts don't expect the conclave to stretch beyond a few days.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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The state is embroiled in its own internal conflict with residents too.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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Editors’ Picks An editor at Fast Company, a magazine about business, technology and design, was among the first to notice the discordance.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
4 May 2025
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Sachs plays on the discordance between his naturalistic approach and the theatricality of the project with meta elements like a quick glimpse of the crew or posed shots of the actors occasionally punctuating the conversation, accompanied by blasts of Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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With the outbreak of war in the spring of 1846, Arkansas was asked by the federal government to provide two units for service with the U.S. Army.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
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The latter two retained the absolutist moral vision that had characterized Western stances at the beginning of the war, clashing with the U.S.’s new position.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
3 May 2025
Noun
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The Catholic Church faces similar challenges but so far has been able to avoid schisms by limiting the actual changes being made.—
Dennis Doyle,
The Conversation,
8 May 2025
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But as President Trump exerts near-total control over the Republican Party, and the country seems bitterly divided along partisan lines more than ever, the G.O.P. schism in Montana has attracted outsize attention.—
Will Warasila,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Both sides have ramped up cross-border drone warfare, often going deeper into each country's territory.—
Stephen J. Beard,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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With missiles tracking targets from miles away, nations are pouring resources into stealth, advanced avionics, and electronic warfare—reshaping doctrines for a battlefield no longer visible to the naked eye.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Trump's rhetoric, which frequently demonizes his opponents, and his tendency to view criticism as personal attacks, reflects a similar binary worldview, where dissent is equated with disloyalty.—
Frank Lavin,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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The Trump administration has engaged in efforts to quell dissent in corporate America, the civil service, universities and the media.—
Katie Benner,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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“Friction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friction. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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