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conflictions

noun

plural of confliction
as in conflicts

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  1. conflicts
  2. dissonances
  3. discords
  4. clashes
  5. differences
  6. collisions
  7. disputes
  8. disagreements
Noun
  • Moments like this are really what Housewives is supposed to be about — a genuine sisterhood with deep ties that take precedence over superfluous conflicts.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The average company is 109 years old, and more than half have been in business for over a century, surviving global conflicts and adapting through multiple industrial revolutions.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of conflicts
Noun
  • Diné weaver Marilou Schultz has been probing the harmonies and dissonances between these technologies since the 1960s.
    — Lua Vollaard, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026
  • With a laugh, the British native charmingly embraces any international dissonances in play.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Definition of dissonances
Noun
  • Your dedicated Slack channels, private discords and endless Reddit threads.
    — April Uchitel, Flow Space, 6 Aug. 2025
  • In every case, physical science, which is based on the evidence reported by these limited and limiting senses, eventually leaves us stranded with the conviction that sickness, accidents, and disasters – discords of every description, regardless of the apparent cause – are real and inevitable.
    — Lisa Rennie Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
Definition of discords
Noun
  • Next year’s schedule avoids clashes with two other auto racing highlights, the Indianapolis 500 on May 30 and the Le Mans 24-hour race on June 12-13.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Two years ago, in the lead-up to one of these clashes, a reporter coaxed a smile out of then-Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of clashes
Noun
  • Yet due to geography and time zone differences, local traders face a distinct natural disadvantage compared to their counterparts in New York, namely having to wake up three hours earlier.
    — , CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The two wives soon strike up a tentative friendship as Ye-ji expresses interest in telling Ho-seok’s story — but the group dynamic grows increasingly complicated by their extreme class differences and subtly conflicting desires.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of differences
Noun
  • Car insurance covers losses resulting from collisions, theft, fire and other covered incidents.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Researchers point out that older pedestrians remain more vulnerable to collisions.
    — Paula Span, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of collisions
Noun
  • Gilbertson’s involvement in the ports grew out of a series of chaotic mergers that in the 1990s led to endless disputes among shippers and the railroads about whose cargo would move first.
    — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Trump declined to endorse Thune for a future term as leader amid disputes over passing the SAVE America Act and eliminating the filibuster.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of disputes
Noun
  • For example, in Ozaukee County disagreements near Lion’s Den Gorge Nature Preserve have prompted discussion of permanent signs and a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources determination establishing the ordinary high-water mark.
    — Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Between small celebrations, hospital visits and disagreements about how to care for her, a mysterious presence of bulls begins to surround the house.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of disagreements
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“Conflictions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conflictions. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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