as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
troubling signs of disunity within the normally peaceful organization
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Recent Examples of disunity
So, what might those moments suggest for today’s era of disunity and discord?
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Cardinal Blase Cupich, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
Many of these refugees from Sudan and others fleeing conflicts and harsh conditions elsewhere in Africa find their way to Libya, taking advantage of the country's disunity and unpatrolled borders to embark on a treacherous trip across the Mediterranean to Europe.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
Republicans say the Democratic disunity underscores the clear margin by which the GOP won the shutdown.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025
By contrast, there was no hint of GOP disunity when Trump was in Washington to meet with House and Senate Republicans on Thursday, in his first visit to Capitol Hill since the riot, which was carried out by Trump supporters seeking to overturn his 2020 loss to Biden.
—Stephany Matat, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024
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Cardinal Blase Cupich, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
Many of these refugees from Sudan and others fleeing conflicts and harsh conditions elsewhere in Africa find their way to Libya, taking advantage of the country's disunity and unpatrolled borders to embark on a treacherous trip across the Mediterranean to Europe.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
Republicans say the Democratic disunity underscores the clear margin by which the GOP won the shutdown.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025
By contrast, there was no hint of GOP disunity when Trump was in Washington to meet with House and Senate Republicans on Thursday, in his first visit to Capitol Hill since the riot, which was carried out by Trump supporters seeking to overturn his 2020 loss to Biden.
—Stephany Matat, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disunity
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Despite the discord, the regime is likely to have the final say.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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What should have been a celebratory moment involving the city’s beach ended in discord.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2026
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His Yanks might have won the World Series in 1994, Showalter’s third year, if that World Series hadn’t been canceled by labor strife.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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The tabloids have been extra vicious of late regarding your family strife.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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All five candidates focused on ensuring the person selected is properly qualified and prepared for the position and that there wouldn’t be friction between roles like the city manager and City Council.—
Zaire Breedlove,
Charlotte Observer,
19 June 2026
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The goal is not novelty but speed and friction removal.—
Peter High,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Some of 2026’s primaries are showing a new schism — and the results should be ringing alarm bells across the network.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
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The schism mirrors a similar one running through Silicon Valley.—
Matt Brown,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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His father, Manuel Cepeda, was a prominent figure in the Colombian Communist Party, and was assassinated in 1994 during a particularly bloody era in Colombia's internal conflict.—
David Unsworth,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
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The town’s predicament highlights the limits of any ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, and the lingering hardship faced by residents whose lives have been upended by years of conflict.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
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Part of that discordance might be the fact that as a genre, rock has historically been difficult to define.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
19 Nov. 2025
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The sport of off-roading suffers from a fundamental discordance: The desire to get out into nature and the irreparable harm inherent in the process of off-roading.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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And part of it is Congress' already historically slim voting margins – margins, by the way, that won't be getting any more cushion amid the gerrymandering wars.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Pinkas said that before the war, Iran was isolated under sanctions that choked its oil exports, dealing blows to its economy.—
Pamela Avila,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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More than 5,000 miles from the World Cup, human rights advocates say, authorities have been cracking down on protests, social media and other forms of public dissent.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
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The election was marred by a crackdown on dissent and insecurity in the Oromia and Amhara regions, where 143 polling stations failed to open, the election board said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 June 2026
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“Disunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disunity. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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