dissensions

variants also dissentions
plural of dissension
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Noun
  • Your dedicated Slack channels, private discords and endless Reddit threads.
    April Uchitel, Flow Space, 6 Aug. 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
Noun
  • King Charles' younger son initiated the litigation in October 2019, signaling a shift in his approach to the British press — a stark departure from the royal family’s historic restraint regarding media disputes.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The lawsuit follows a series of high-profile disputes over how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its subagency FEMA distribute homeland security grants.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Digging in your heels invites trouble as Mercury conflicts Pluto.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The Third Avenue Project was designed to reduce the violence and open drug use through extensive outreach and the deescalation of conflicts between people on the street.
    Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Other federal agencies have crafted similarly partisan messages from the typically apolitical civil service amid a legislative standoff largely over disagreements related to health care cuts.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Senior Hamas officials suggested there were still major disagreements that required further negotiations.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In one scene, real footage of Benjamin Netanyahu appears on the television of Anat’s father, who is suffering post-traumatic flashbacks from his own wars.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The reasons for that lack of credibility extend well beyond the campus speech wars of the past few decades.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Other cases Not all the big controversies at the court this term are focused on the powers of the president.
    Nina Totenberg, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Swift has always been known to use her songs not only to tell personal stories but also to reference figures from pop culture, her romantic life, and past controversies.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Annie says that trust doesn’t exist in this game, but Sophi dissents.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Countering Wall Street expectations for multiple dissents, the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday voted 11 to 1 in favor of the reduction.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
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