1
as in oppositions
the inclination to resist
after some initial resistance, the city council warmed up to the proposed development plan
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2
as in undergrounds
a secret organization in a conquered country fighting against enemy forces
soldiers from the resistance were captured after a skirmish outside the foreign ministry
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Recent Examples of resistances
Thornton’s latest work has the potential to reach more audiences precisely because of the Huckleberry Finn-like spirit of its Kid and Max saga, giving more folks the opportunity to learn about colonialist histories and indigenous resistances in the lands down under.
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
Instead, in most analog AI schemes, the weights are stored in one of several types of nonvolatile memory as a conductance value (the resistances above).
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
Instead, in most analog AI schemes, the weights are stored in one of several types of nonvolatile memory as a conductance value (the resistances above).
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resistances
Noun
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Along with her own moral oppositions, O'Donnell recounted facing pushback from her teenage child, Clay.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 May 2026
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With Trump, these oppositions are never absolute.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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With no objections and the window for objections having ended, the USPTO is expected to register QuadGod to Malinin, and that registration should occur in a matter of weeks.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
3 June 2026
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In the felony battery case, the court later granted Jimenez’s request to participate in the mental health diversion program despite the prosecutor’s objections, Gire said Monday.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
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“Resistances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resistances. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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