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Recent Examples of adversarial And once the office closes, key efforts to streamline the Pentagon’s tech talent pipeline and counter adversarial drones will be shuttered, one outgoing employee told Politico. Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025 This approach transforms the dynamic from adversarial to collaborative. Jay Ruderman, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025 But school officials across the country worry that making lawsuits for damages easier to win will create a more adversarial relationship between parents and schools in the difficult negotiations needed to balance a student’s needs with a school’s limited resources. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025 The result is a riveting one-man-army showdown that doubles as a powerful statement on the need for collective action against adversarial forces. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for adversarial
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Adjective
  • And this is a very hard-line government that has taken a kind of hostile view of everybody in the region.
    Obed Manuel, NPR, 15 May 2025
  • And Marguerite did actually manage to live there for years, scraping together a life on the hostile tundra.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Even with her negative experience, Hamby has noticed a growing shift in support under the current CBA, which is set to expire after this season.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
  • The constant consumption of negative news and content can activate the body's stress response, Aguvaveedi reported.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025

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“Adversarial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adversarial. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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