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
This disunity has prevented the EU from using its immense leverage to good effect.
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Josep Borrell Fontelles, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2025
No joint statement Host Canada certainly looks to be avoiding any obvious signs of disunity, having abandoned the usual communique that’s issued at the end of G7 summits on how the group plans to work together to tackle joint challenges.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 June 2025
To do so would expose their disunity, but may be a better choice than their threats in Kyiv ringing hollow.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
From trade and economics to matters of war and peace, the United States and Europe are in an apparent period of disunity not seen in decades.
—James Lamond, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Josep Borrell Fontelles, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2025
No joint statement Host Canada certainly looks to be avoiding any obvious signs of disunity, having abandoned the usual communique that’s issued at the end of G7 summits on how the group plans to work together to tackle joint challenges.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 June 2025
To do so would expose their disunity, but may be a better choice than their threats in Kyiv ringing hollow.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
From trade and economics to matters of war and peace, the United States and Europe are in an apparent period of disunity not seen in decades.
—James Lamond, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disunity
Noun
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Along the way, there’s been a fair amount of discord between Schon and Cain that played out in legal filings, social media posts, and interviews.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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But that policy has been tested by Maguire’s comments, reportedly leading to discord within the firm.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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After more than a century of plunder and strife, under tyrants as diverse as King Leopold II of Belgium and Mobutu Sese Seko, the present-day DRC still occupies the dark heart of the continent in much of the world’s imagination.—
Holden Frith,
TheWeek,
9 Jan. 2026
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Located in the Horn of Africa, Somalia is one of the world’s poorest nations and has been beset by chronic strife and insecurity exacerbated by multiple natural disasters, including severe droughts, for decades.—
Omar Faruk,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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For the vast majority of learners, the most pressing questions are whether tuition is affordable, childcare is available, credits transfer without friction, and programs lead to real employment opportunities.—
Yolanda Watson Spiva,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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In Seasons 2 and 3, Eleven and Hopper experience some friction due to Hopper’s overprotective concern for Eleven’s safety; by Season 4, the characters operate in totally separate storylines and don’t share a scene until the last minutes of the season finale.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
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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
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But in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a painful schism emerged between them, one that led them to stop speaking to one another for an extended period of time.—
Scott Huver,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025
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As is often the case when Arsenal and Chelsea meet, this match had the potential to be one of those gloriously uninhibited conflicts.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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As for South Sudan, a senior United Nations official said earlier this week that the ongoing conflict in Sudan is causing destabilization in South Sudan, including armed clashes and food insecurity.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 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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Many of the tunes including sprawling intros and jam sessions, all melded together with discordance, reverb and instrumental solos.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Just a few months ago, McKenna was weighing the two schools against each other, the Spartans finishing as runners-up in his historic recruiting war.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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From the very first days of the First World War, the German Empire was looking for someone capable of sparking a revolution in Russia and forcing the country to withdraw from the war with Germany — so that the Germans could focus their forces on fighting the British and the French.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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His name has been associated with police operations carried out in the context of protests, detentions, and crowd-control actions executed by the PNB, a force that since its creation has played a central role in repressing political dissent.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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The seventh and senior justice, Jorge Labarga, born in Cuba and raised in Pahokee, will continue to write solitary dissents.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Disunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disunity. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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