as in conflicting
not being in agreement or harmony
their disagreeing accounts of what happened that night make me wonder if either is telling the truth
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as in dissenting
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 disagreeing
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
Despite some online commentators with large followings publicly disagreeing with the president's decision—and many legacy media outlets eagerly highlighting their comments to try and sow division—the MAGA base is not wavering one bit.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
But The Daily Show’s conceit of having four Trumps disagreeing with each other in a Sports Shouting–style debate show was very fun.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
That range spans about 370 parts-per-billion between the various estimates, with some overlapping with Fermilab’s experimental data and others, particularly from the older R-ratio methods, disagreeing with Fermilab’s data at greater than the 5-sigma threshold.
—Big Think, 19 Mar. 2026
Should the punishment for disagreeing with the government be the death of your business?
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
During Sunday's episode of the singing competition show, Underwood and Bryan faced multiple hurdles after disagreeing on whether certain contestants deserved to advance to the next round.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Until now, the idea that the secretary of defense would accuse a lawmaker of treason simply for disagreeing with him would be laughable.
—Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
An officer who concluded from digital evidence that Christine Banfield was behind the social media account was later transferred in what Carroll said was punishment for disagreeing with a theory favored by the department's higher-ups.
—CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
Verb
In the San Francisco lawsuit, Anthropic claims it is being shut out for disagreeing with the administration.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
Despite some online commentators with large followings publicly disagreeing with the president's decision—and many legacy media outlets eagerly highlighting their comments to try and sow division—the MAGA base is not wavering one bit.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
But The Daily Show’s conceit of having four Trumps disagreeing with each other in a Sports Shouting–style debate show was very fun.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
That range spans about 370 parts-per-billion between the various estimates, with some overlapping with Fermilab’s experimental data and others, particularly from the older R-ratio methods, disagreeing with Fermilab’s data at greater than the 5-sigma threshold.
—Big Think, 19 Mar. 2026
Should the punishment for disagreeing with the government be the death of your business?
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
During Sunday's episode of the singing competition show, Underwood and Bryan faced multiple hurdles after disagreeing on whether certain contestants deserved to advance to the next round.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Until now, the idea that the secretary of defense would accuse a lawmaker of treason simply for disagreeing with him would be laughable.
—Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
An officer who concluded from digital evidence that Christine Banfield was behind the social media account was later transferred in what Carroll said was punishment for disagreeing with a theory favored by the department's higher-ups.
—CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disagreeing
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Andrew Lee, the founder of Tasklet, told CBS News that such problems can arise when a user prompt gives the AI conflicting instructions.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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In statements to investigators, Bovino and Epperson had offered conflicting accounts of the encounter.—
A.C. Thompson,
ProPublica,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Justice Sotomayor was joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in dissenting from the Court's decision.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A growing chorus of dissenting investors appear to be ramping up the pressure on BP ahead of its annual general meeting.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In addition to reinforcing the fiduciary standards that are already in place for community associations, this will help to establish stronger grounds for claims involving unilateral acts by directors, inadequate reserve planning, inconsistent rules enforcement, or failures in management oversight.—
Evonne Andris,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Maybe—but the effects are likely to be modest and inconsistent.—
Patricia Weiser,
Verywell Health,
9 Apr. 2026
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Durkan later drove her point home by objecting to all late-file matters again on Wednesday before they were read into the record — drawing the ire of Councilor Miniard Culpepper, who sponsored the two orders and will have to file them again next week.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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Kudos to the owners of the Tampa Bay Bucs for not throwing a hissy fit and objecting to the Jaguars playing an entire season so close to Tampa.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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But the scrutiny has drawn focus to the differing approaches of the main prediction markets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Debunking common misconceptions White papers written by advisory groups and consulting firms tend to have differing takes compared with academic literature on this topic.—
Daniel R. George,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
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For tariffs that have been liquidated within 180 days, importers can also file a protest, which is a formal challenge with the CBP arguing that an error was made in assessing duties, such as the tariff rate applied to an import.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
17 Apr. 2026
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The estate is seeking compensatory and punitive damages, funeral expenses, attorney's fees, and other relief, arguing that multiple parties share responsibility for Avery's death under Georgia law because their actions combined to cause a single fatal outcome.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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