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Recent Examples of disagreement No matter our views or disagreements, no one should ever have to fear for their safety or for being targeted. Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025 The disagreement turned into a heated argument between the couple. Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025 Hall’s body armor comment references a tense monthslong disagreement between Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings and the Charlotte Fraternal Order of Police. Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025 The outlets reported that the affidavit said Cobos-Martinez and Nagamallaiah got into a disagreement over a translation issue. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disagreement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disagreement
Noun
  • The dispute was heard by an arbitrator (and not a judge) because, per SPAC language and accompanying NBPA regulations, player-agent disputes are subject to arbitration.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The dishwasher was made in America, though there is some dispute over who did it.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, lovers’ quarrels or difficulty dealing with children (hissy fits or meltdowns) might occur.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The outcome of that long-simmering family quarrel is never really in much doubt, but there are still a few neat surprises involving a couple of rare bottles of whiskey and the fate of two family businesses.
    Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Your wallet — and your customer service experience — will depend on knowing the difference.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • For planes flying 30,000 feet above sea level or military vehicles traveling through combat zones, that level of reliability can mean the difference between life and death.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Purdy has his share of critics, and such critics may claim that continued fine play from Jones could set up a bit of a quarterback controversy in San Francisco.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Skip to content One summer in Brooklyn, a controversy broke out in my dog-park group chat.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Student accused of mocking Charlie Kirk death Camryn Giselle Booker, a student at Texas Tech University, was arrested on charges of assault after an altercation with students mourning the death of Charlie Kirk.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Campus police arrested a student at Texas Tech University in connection to an altercation with students who were mourning the death of Charlie Kirk, officials confirmed.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The vitriol levied at uninvolved lawmakers since Wednesday's shooting has had a chilling effect on the American tradition of lawmakers' community engagement — as well as the open debate and political discourse Kirk himself espoused.
    Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate—never through violence.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Through attorney Darren Heitner of Heitner Legal, Turner in the arbitration hearing made several arguments that he’s entitled to the 4% commission on the Clippers contract.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Rutte and Grynkewich described NATO’s eastern flank as the front line of defense, but dismissed arguments that the whole alliance wasn’t at risk of Russian aggression.
    Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • According to him, advances in machine learning have yanked questions once trapped inside theological/philosophical disputations into corporate board packs.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Jake is a single father who has brought Kristen up in the severe Calvinist tradition, marked by Bible disputations of Talmudic intricacy and by a radical detachment from secular and popular culture.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2023

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“Disagreement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disagreement. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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