as in strifes
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 conflicts
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 discords
April Uchitel, Flow Space, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
Your dedicated Slack channels, private discords and endless Reddit threads.
—April Uchitel, Flow Space, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discords
Verb
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The description conflicts with the White House’s portrayal of the two women as long estranged.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Nov. 2025
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That law conflicts with the state constitution, Womack said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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By April, new tariffs and trade frictions triggered some of the most significant trade actions in decades.—
Joe Ngai,
Fortune,
11 Jan. 2026
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Trade and diplomatic frictions aside, Japanese companies are positive on business growth, with the Bank of Japan’s Tankan survey showing that sentiment among Japanese companies mostly improved in the fourth quarter, especially among small manufacturers.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
17 Dec. 2025
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Matty is a blustering, blue-collar Bostonian who sees himself as the unequivocal boss of the house and frequently clashes with his liberal niece.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2026
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In the rapidly evolving world of denim manufacturing, the quest for sustainability often clashes with the demand for authentic, high-quality aesthetics.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Political schisms deepened and common ground collapsed.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
17 Jan. 2026
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The right’s schisms were on full display during AmericaFest, Turning Point USA’s annual conference, which took place in Phoenix this past weekend.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Or perhaps that is the concern conjured by the hysteria of Y2K—with its fads of fears pumped by a skepticism over technology and wars people could not hold so freshly after the recession of the early 1990s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Russia’s losses in Ukraine are five times higher than its total losses from all Russian and Soviet wars since World War II combined, including the Afghanistan war and two Chechen wars, the report says.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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Deep divisions over the conflict in the Middle East threatened to tear the campus in two.—
Chicago Tribune,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
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Scott Holmes, previously a lieutenant, is the department’s new commander of strategic initiatives and heads the community engagement, traffic and special events divisions.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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The internal rift at the Fed remains unresolved since December’s meeting, which produced the most formal dissents at the Fed since 2019.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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Four of the conservative justices have already issued dissents asserting these laws are unconstitutional.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Through all these inconsistencies, absences, dissonances, and contradictions, an overarching coherence emerges.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
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From Zehetmair’s searching dissonances, the SPCO moved into Brahms’ Double Concerto, performed by concertmaster Steven Copes and principal cello Julie Albers.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Discords.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discords. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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