as in strife
a lack of agreement or harmony
the discord between two of the members threatened to tear our team of researchers apart
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as in to conflict
to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably
the evangelist's lavish lifestyle discords with his professed religious beliefs
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Recent Examples of discord
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Today, the entire country faces far too much discord.
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Steven D. Reske,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
After the meeting, in a sign of discord among the caucus, GOP leadership dropped plans to have a series of votes on a package that would fund immigration enforcement agencies within the Department of Homeland Security.
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Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
Failing to ensure employee differences are properly managed will lead to greater conflict, discord and chaos in your workplace, which will hurt the viability of any company.
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Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Noun
After a 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace in March, which was triggered by Micky van de Ven’s red card just before half-time, Tudor hinted at discord in the dressing room.
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Jay Harris,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Today, the entire country faces far too much discord.
—
Steven D. Reske,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
After the meeting, in a sign of discord among the caucus, GOP leadership dropped plans to have a series of votes on a package that would fund immigration enforcement agencies within the Department of Homeland Security.
—
Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
Failing to ensure employee differences are properly managed will lead to greater conflict, discord and chaos in your workplace, which will hurt the viability of any company.
—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discord
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When her parents — the wonderful June Diane Raphael and Tom Everett Scott — fall into professional reputational strife, the family is forced to relocate to Seattle to rebuild their lives.
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But labor strife here is spilling off of the docks and into City Hall, with political implications for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, himself a former labor organizer who is expected to run for reelection in less than a year.
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Under new head coach Herbert, Canada Basketball has insisted that players be available to the team, if not necessarily to play, during windows that do not conflict with the NBA season.
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Taking so many positions means the president can’t be fully wrong while letting the public fix on different, albeit often conflicting, statements that can reinforce their own beliefs.
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Other insiders dispute this characterization, saying Gunn, Safran and Gillespie had the normal amount of healthy friction any filmmaker and studio have as part of the process of making a movie better.
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The energy is stored as rotational momentum in an environment of near-zero friction.
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Don’t attempt to achieve the impossible as the sun and Saturn clash.
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Both are familiar foes, clashing on several occasions when playing for their club teams in the Premier League.
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Part of that discordance might be the fact that as a genre, rock has historically been difficult to define.
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The songs bounce from discordance and disorientation to harmoniousness and repose — even in the uneasy moments, the songs don't sink.
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The Vatican said dialogue was offered to the group ahead of the schism and that the step of ordaining bishops without church approval was considered so grave that excommunication was automatic.
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Parishioners at Saint Agnes said they were saddened by the schism and would continue to pray for a united church.
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Alnaji was part of a pro-Palestinian group protesting over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and Kessler was demonstrating in support of Israel, authorities have said.
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The war period saw its own moments of threats to rights, such as suspending habeas corpus, the legal mechanism to prevent arbitrary detention.
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These were moments of extraordinary dissent against the British government by American colonists.
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The 6-3 ruling included dissents from conservative-leaning Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett.
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“Discord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discord. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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