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Recent Examples of disagreement During a tense disagreement, Lemigova tossed a glass of water at costar Guerdy Abraira. Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025 Scheduling conflicts among faith leaders related to a Jewish holiday and disagreements on how to properly honor victims delayed the initial plans for the city’s vigil. Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025 Avoid disagreements with neighbors, siblings and relatives, because friction can arise easily today. Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025 The family was vocal in their disagreement over the plea deal and wanted jail time, resulting in prosecutors rescinding their initial offer. Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disagreement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disagreement
Noun
  • Musk later cited the pay dispute as part of the reason why Tesla shifted its corporate home to Texas from Delaware.
    Kara Carlson, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s how a community dispute escalated into a deadly tragedy.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While still unconfirmed, we’re told that the film sees Louise, the alcoholic mother of Mike (Hechinger) and Tommy, take off after a quarrel with her husband Lester — walking with her dog to the home of her brother Frank, quite a few miles away.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Hip-Hop has equally thrived on legendary quarrels and strong relationships.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Here's what to know about Walmart's recent real estate moves and how shoppers could notice a difference.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The only difference is that now, instead of salaries, our income comes from investments.
    Alex Trias, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His political director quit the two-month-old campaign, and the candidate apologized — but now Platner is taking a rare, risky approach by leaning into the controversy.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Appointments follow months of policy controversy The appointments mark the next step taken by Sumner County conservatives to pass the controversial policy, which has seen substantial pushback for First Amendment concerns.
    Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • During the altercation, Lind drew a gun and fired off shots, killing Emma Borhanian, one of the Zizians.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The investigation showed the incident began as a road rage event, initially a verbal altercation, involving the occupants of a pair of vehicles, the release states.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After at least half a decade of acute concern about the way that platforms such as Instagram may affect young people, as well as intense debate about how best to keep kids safe online, Meta has arrived at a label that was invented in the 1980s because parents were upset by movies such as Gremlins.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The candidate sought to clarify his comments publicly at least twice after the debate.
    Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On Tuesday, during the state’s closing argument, Sund said that Uso, then 17, planned the killing after Kline ended their relationship.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Because nobody has the attention span sufficient to think through an argument and find common ground.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There’s no spark of distinctiveness in any of these characters.
    Judy Berman, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • However, because capital appropriates the powers of living labor to itself, the distinctiveness of the latter is deeply obscured.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Disagreement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disagreement. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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