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Recent Examples of disunite When the state is weak and the people disunited, as under Boris Yeltsin, the West exploits and weakens Russia and its people. Michael S. Neiberg, Washington Post, 12 June 2023 The moment, halfway through the king’s coronation, was a striking image of a family disunited and a reminder of the differing paths the two royal brothers have taken in the last three years. Max Colchester, wsj.com, 7 May 2023 Liberals, Lilla laments, have : lost themselves in the thickets of identity politics and developed a resentful, disuniting rhetoric of difference to match it. David Frum, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2017 Post-Trump, the Republican party will likely be disunited. Elliot Kaufman, National Review, 13 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disunite
Verb
  • Carriage 3 was conceived and crafted in-house, cleverly using a sliding Victorian rail carriage door to divide the kitchen from the living and sleeping compartments, which are accessed via beautiful (and functional) fold-away steps.
    Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Viewers can also expect health emergencies, explosive confrontations and the fallout from a public scandal that threatens to divide the family even further.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Two dachshund siblings who were separated for two weeks after one underwent surgery have melted the hearts of viewers online after a viral TikTok clip showed their emotional reunion, drawing tears from dog lovers around the world.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • As much as Jones has tried to downplay it, the relationship between him and Parsons was a notable factor in the sides’ separating.
    Jon Machota, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Cleveland was mostly splitting its DH at-bats between Manzardo and David Fry … whose September pop came on an accidental Tarik Skubal fastball to his nose.
    Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The acquisition announcement comes as MSNBC prepares to split from NBC as part of parent company Comcast’s move to spin off its cable properties into a separate company, to be called Versant.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If time permits, disconnect utilities and appliances.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • City records point toward demolition City records, however, show that the company filed for and, on Tuesday, received a permit to disconnect the city water line, often a precursor to demolition.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Disunite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disunite. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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