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clashing

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verb

present participle of clash

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clashing
Adjective
  • And the Trump administration has given conflicting signals.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Biohackers hear lots of conflicting advice about where to focus their energies.
    Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The two have appeared to be colliding once again, this time involving the rapper Drake and arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, LeBron James.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • On York Boulevard in Los Angeles, a blurred black hole hangs on a dark wall, joined only by a pair of headphones playing looping echoes of its siblings colliding.
    Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Workers claim the organization has insufficient training, abrupt terminations, and inconsistent wages and raises.
    Maya Bell, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • At the federal level, Shaughnessy emphasized the urgent need to eliminate inconsistent tariffs.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Clashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clashing. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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