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discording

verb

present participle of discord
as in conflicting
to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably the evangelist's lavish lifestyle discords with his professed religious beliefs

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  1. conflicting
  2. clashing
  3. colliding
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  • Prediction market operators face conflicting rulings in federal court over whether sports event contracts are financial derivatives regulated exclusively by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or gambling products that states can regulate.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
  • After reuniting with his former squad leader and the leader’s partner, a writer who becomes consumed by reconstructing conflicting versions of their past.
    — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of conflicting
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  • The other has brought together clashing frontier lab leaders Dario Amodei of Anthropic, OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk, along with a chorus of AI researchers.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Ground fighting intensified at the beginning of September, with troops clashing on multiple fronts.
    — Guy Davies, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of clashing
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  • Still, diesel's record-setting rise colliding with the fall harvest season means that costs will balloon for producers of crops like corn and wheat, according to Jacob Aiken-Phillips, head of consumer and retail research at Melius Research.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
  • And just a few hours before F1’s first practice session of the weekend on Friday afternoon, a Formula 2 car went up in flames after colliding with the barriers.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of colliding
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“Discording.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discording. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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