as in contradicting
to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another)
she disagreed with me when I said that the jacket was dark blue
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contradicting
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Barack Obama’s administration detained unaccompanied children and families despite humanitarian rhetoric, contradicting Clinton’s assertion that children were not placed in detention camps.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Was Louise the teacher contradicting Louise the poet?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Disagreeing (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disagreeing%20%28with%29. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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