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
This creates immense friction in the disk that can heat matter up to millions of degrees.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
But Chicago Fire‘s apparent season arc — which seems to lean in to the recent real-life friction between Mayor Brandon Johnson and the city’s first responders — has raised some eyebrows.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
That rare setup contributed to internal friction over team operations and finances.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Avoid disagreements with neighbors, siblings and relatives, because friction can arise easily today.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
But Chicago Fire‘s apparent season arc — which seems to lean in to the recent real-life friction between Mayor Brandon Johnson and the city’s first responders — has raised some eyebrows.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
That rare setup contributed to internal friction over team operations and finances.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Avoid disagreements with neighbors, siblings and relatives, because friction can arise easily today.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for friction
Recent Examples of Synonyms for friction
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Trustees ‘feel their powers have been reduced’ At the center of the current discord, according to a source, is the fact that Tata Sons is supposed to receive prior approval from Tata Trusts for any major financial investments.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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To what was such a spasmodic discord owed?—
Julio Cortázar,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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The hope for gold-producing nations like Ghana is to responsibly leverage this bountiful natural resource without falling prey to environmental degradation and civil strife.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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Over the course of an hour-long interview, the two spoke about the state of the world and how to stay optimistic amid political strife and chaos.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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In Warhead, Wright explains how armed conflict impacts every part of our brain, from the instinctive reflexes of our reptilian brainstem to the cognitive and metacognitive functions of the prefrontal cortex.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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Thomas warns, the square with Pluto is particularly challenging, representing unexpected hurdles, conflicts, and hardship thrust at us from left field.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 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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The blackout at the power plant, occupied by Russian forces since the early days of the war, marked the tenth time the site lost connection to the grid since the military conflict began, according to the IAEA.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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From trade wars to cyber threats, these forces have moved from the margins to the center of strategic decision-making.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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In her autobiography, Mabel Dodge laid the blame for her schism with Stein firmly on one person.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Chiles case shines a spotlight on a growing schism in the LGBT base between gender-critical gays and their transgender counterparts.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
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The discordancy is so intriguing — like learning that Katharine Graham went to nude encounter sessions at Esalen, or Alan Greenspan was once in a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover band.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Nov. 2021
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As coalition warfare becomes the norm, integrating data across multiple partners—each with distinct platforms and classification levels—can mean the difference between success and failure.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is moving its ground forces from traditional close-range tank warfare to long-range, beyond-visual-range combat, enabled by its latest generation of main battle tanks, according to a PLA Daily report published Monday.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Friction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friction. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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