as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
there was friction between the two sides of the family
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Recent Examples of friction
Part of the secret sauce is urethane bushings, or sleeve bearings that reduce friction between moving parts.
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Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 31 July 2025
The moon’s gravity sloshes water around, causing an infinitesimal friction between ocean and seafloor.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 July 2025
With five ball bearings and a roller bearing inside the reel designed to reduce friction, reeling in your catch is smooth and efficient.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 31 July 2025
Internationally, Iran's internet policies remain under scrutiny amid postwar tensions with Israel and ongoing friction with the U.S. over regional security and human rights.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
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Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 31 July 2025
The moon’s gravity sloshes water around, causing an infinitesimal friction between ocean and seafloor.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 July 2025
With five ball bearings and a roller bearing inside the reel designed to reduce friction, reeling in your catch is smooth and efficient.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 31 July 2025
Internationally, Iran's internet policies remain under scrutiny amid postwar tensions with Israel and ongoing friction with the U.S. over regional security and human rights.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friction
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
Noun
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Jai Joon Lee, a professor of business management at Sacramento State, said the industry’s strife is not limited to the Sacramento region, with breweries across the country struggling with fluctuating consumer demand for craft beer.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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In Together, the cracks start off a little smaller, with Brie’s Millie and Franco’s Tim grounded in the ordinary strife that comes from any long-term union.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
Noun
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This is because subjective progress interpretations cause conflict.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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There’s a lot of just creating conflict in stories.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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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As an additional way to pressure the Russian Federation to end its war, Trump also announced that the United States will continue sending defense aid to Ukraine.—
Mark Temnycky,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The intent was to deprive the Kremlin of revenue to fund its war in Ukraine, forcing the Russian government either to sell its oil at a discount or divert money for a costly alternative shipping network.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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This would likely add further support for rate cuts following last week’s two dissents in favor of cuts from Governor Waller and Vice Chair for Supervision Bowman.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
6 Aug. 2025
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The weak jobs number followed the Fed's decision Wednesday afternoon to hold short-term rates unchanged for a fifth consecutive meeting at 4.25% and 4.5% despite demands from President Donald Trump to cut and dissents from two top central bankers.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Friction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friction. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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