as in to differ
to have a different opinion
the leader thought we were still headed north on the trail, but I disagreed
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Recent Examples of disagree
The two had disagreed in El Paso County over a case involving library books.
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The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
Looksmaxxers and limb-lengtheners may disagree.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Reasonable, fair-minded people can disagree about the organization’s campaign.
—Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
There also were claims that jurors who disagreed with returning an indictment were prevented from participating.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
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The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
Looksmaxxers and limb-lengtheners may disagree.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Reasonable, fair-minded people can disagree about the organization’s campaign.
—Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
There also were claims that jurors who disagreed with returning an indictment were prevented from participating.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disagree
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Bonner — whose son Sean, who took his own life in 2018 while in college a little more than two years after graduating from Charlotte Latin School — says distress often eventually reveals itself in some form, even if the warning signs differ dramatically from person to person.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
4 June 2026
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Choa suggested their differing filmmaking styles and paths were complementary.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
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Judge Judith Rogers, who was nominated by Democratic President Clinton, joined Wilkins’ majority opinion but also partially dissented.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Councilmember George Fuller dissented.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
1 June 2026
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Some will object, but no one will laugh.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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The rules are so one-sided that a group of America’s largest pension funds, including CalPERS, and those headed by the Controllers of both New York State and City, filed a lengthy letter objecting to half-a-dozen of the provisions.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Defense attorneys, seated in a long row before Maguire while their clients sat in jail uniforms in the courtroom’s jury box, called the DA’s motion unnecessary, arguing any undue pretrial publicity began with prosecutors’ own news conference at the beginning of their criminal case.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
1 June 2026
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The decision comes after months of public opposition from customers who argued their bills were already among the highest in the state and who urged regulators to reject the increases altogether.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
1 June 2026
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“Disagree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disagree. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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