as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
the perennial question of whether there's an irreconcilable disaccord between science and religion
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as in to conflict
to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably
national security measures that disaccord with our cherished right to free expression
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Noun
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Disboard lists many public discord servers and many young coders use the site, contributing a different demographic of coders.—
Stephen Cass,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Sep. 2025 -
But warning signs of discord between networks and affiliates had been flashing for years.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Daniels also said the bill could conflict with the higher education overhaul, Senate Bill 1, which prohibits universities from taking a position on controversial beliefs or policies.—
Jessie Balmert,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics is not expected to release its September jobs report this morning while the government is shut down, leaving employers to parse conflicting private-sector reports instead.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The sport of off-roading suffers from a fundamental discordance: The desire to get out into nature and the irreparable harm inherent in the process of off-roading.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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Many of the tunes including sprawling intros and jam sessions, all melded together with discordance, reverb and instrumental solos.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Verb
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Roll with the chaos as the moon and Uranus clash.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Maranello outfit released Leclerc into the path of Norris, causing the pair to clash and the McLaren driver to crash into the wall.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The passage of the ACA in 2010 and its implementation have only intensified this friction.—
Simon F. Haeder,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Armenian prisoners of war in Azerbaijan remain a point of friction and the rhetoric over the corridor has not died down.—
Michele Crestani,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Tensions arise when a struggling, idealistic poet meets his girlfriend’s family at their idyllic, hillside countryside home in Hong Sang-soo’s latest feature — a quietly profound meditation on the complexities of filial love and familial strife.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
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The singer has been compared to the late Amy Winehouse, in part because both are British and have deep, soulful voices that sing about personal strife and conflict.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The discordancy is so intriguing — like learning that Katharine Graham went to nude encounter sessions at Esalen, or Alan Greenspan was once in a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover band.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Nov. 2021
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Most notable was her dissent in June when the court stripped lower court judges of the power to impose nationwide court orders.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
6 Oct. 2025
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Today’s playbook is similar to 1947 – label any dissent as unpatriotic, subversive, Marxist, and so on.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Disaccord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaccord. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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