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
To do so would expose their disunity, but may be a better choice than their threats in Kyiv ringing hollow.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
First, the existential threat that violence and war pose to a new regime leaves no room for division or disunity; elite cohesion is the result.
—Sheri Berman, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
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
In a crisis, NATO disunity could undermine U.S. credibility and exacerbate the risk of military confrontation with Russia.
—Ernest J. Moniz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2019
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
First, the existential threat that violence and war pose to a new regime leaves no room for division or disunity; elite cohesion is the result.
—Sheri Berman, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
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
In a crisis, NATO disunity could undermine U.S. credibility and exacerbate the risk of military confrontation with Russia.
—Ernest J. Moniz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disunity
Noun
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Social discord, financial struggles, and conflicts abroad continue to consume our country’s time, energy and resources.—
Matthew Beddingfield,
Scientific American,
2 Aug. 2025
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Teammates jumped into the fray to helped quell the discord.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
29 July 2025
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In Swift's 2008 song, Romeo and Juliet embark on a giddy romance and ultimately overcome the strife between their families to get married.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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These strange yet sublime figures offer an escape from a world that’s become increasingly misunderstood amid raging geopolitical strife.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Creativity without friction becomes an echo chamber.—
Stephanie Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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This creates massive friction for mainstream adoption.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The Epstein controversy has created a schism between President Donald Trump and his MAGA base.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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There remains a wide schism between customer data availability and leveraging customer information to deliver meaningful financial guidance.—
Jody Bhagat,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Ukrainian officials rejected this position, stating that Ukraine did not initiate the conflict and that only the Russian president has the authority to order a full military withdrawal.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Peace talks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict took place at the White House.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 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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Despite Azerbaijan’s obvious victory, an actual peace agreement has evaded the two sides since the September 2023 war.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Aug. 2025
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Both wars for territory and the destabilization of neighbors swiftly destroy wealth.—
S. C. M. Paine,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Busby makes not a single allusion, nor even a hint, at the wholesale destruction, misery and pain of not hundreds, but thousands of African-American families attributable to Hoover’s vicious stranglehold on the city’s South and West sides in the name of drug warfare for untold years.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
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But even in the face of evolving modes of warfare, airpower’s inherent advantages endure.—
DAVID A. DEPTULA,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Disunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disunity. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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