contentiousness

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Noun
  • The Russian president has unilaterally declared a three-day ceasefire over the course of the Victory Day celebrations, which will be a key propaganda event for the Kremlin in light of its aggression in Ukraine.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
  • The early stages of the war revealed how a lack of preparedness left many nations vulnerable to aggression.
    Lt. General Leon Scott Rice, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Ultimately, restrictions on vacant CPS property sales are part of a broader problem, and that’s education officials’ open hostility toward alternative education models.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • Then a decade of talks crashed into President Trump’s hostility toward Canada.
    Karen Weise, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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“Contentiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contentiousness. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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