1
as in frictions
a lack of agreement or harmony
political union may no longer be possible for a country continuously racked by religious disunion
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as in splits
the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces
in the 19th century the volatile issue of slavery resulted in the disunion of several Protestant denominations
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These micro-frictions don’t disappear.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026 -
By introducing features like an intuitive audio mixer, mandatory predictive navigation, and battery-bypassing stationary power, Google can address some of my biggest daily frictions.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2026
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And then a lot of times with the run plays or the pass concepts, the splits will change.—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Allowing the soil to dry out and then adding lots of water can cause vegetables to accumulate water too quickly, resulting in cracks or splits.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 May 2026
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While the Federal Reserve has kept its benchmark interest rate on hold so far in 2026, inflation surged in March and April on the back of a rising oil price, overseas conflicts and geopolitical uncertainty.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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Recent conflicts have accelerated interest in unmanned maritime warfare.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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Roberts opened up the space by taking down office partitions in the roughly 1,500-square-foot store, 3941 Park Drive, Suite 80.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2026
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Balconies are separated by relatively thin partitions, and sound carries easily outdoors.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Your dedicated Slack channels, private discords and endless Reddit threads.—
April Uchitel,
Flow Space,
6 Aug. 2025
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In every case, physical science, which is based on the evidence reported by these limited and limiting senses, eventually leaves us stranded with the conviction that sickness, accidents, and disasters – discords of every description, regardless of the apparent cause – are real and inevitable.—
Lisa Rennie Sytsma,
Christian Science Monitor,
20 June 2025
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There could be more dissolutions and consolidations in the future.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
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The drama that sometimes follows their dissolutions speaks to a broader uncertainty in the air about how gay couples should be.—
Paul McAdory,
Them.,
9 Dec. 2025
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Friends and family members also told investigators that Shirilla and Russo’s relationship had become strained in the months before the crash, marked by arguments and breakups, with some describing Shirilla as possessive in the relationship.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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Evidently, breakups do not always make for the best music.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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The command post at Port of Shuaiba was similar to structures commonplace during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — before the rise of drone warfare.—
Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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For example, a large body of research looks at gender imbalances after wars, when societies lose large numbers of young men.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
19 May 2026
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“Disunions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disunions. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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