1
as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
schism within the charitable organization was preventing it from achieving its goals
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as in split
the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces
the schism of the Christian church into the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches
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Recent Examples of schism
Signs of a minor schism emerged at Sunderland last week, when Emery was critical of deadline-day acquisition Harvey Elliott.
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
This brings us to the differences between the characters, which point to pivotal schisms between Anderson and Pynchon as storytellers.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
The schism that developed between Ric and Ben is a very sad part of the story.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
But these three appear to suffer no internal schism.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
This brings us to the differences between the characters, which point to pivotal schisms between Anderson and Pynchon as storytellers.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
The schism that developed between Ric and Ben is a very sad part of the story.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
But these three appear to suffer no internal schism.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schism
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And then, playing cleverly on their natural discord, River and Shirley argue their way through a standoff with Farouk just long enough for Coe to take advantage of the distraction and plunge a blade in Farouk’s neck.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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China, for its part, has also stoked the flames of discord in recent weeks, first by announcing new global export controls on rare earth minerals, key components in technologies and weaponry.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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The two were married in 2015 and divorced in 2018, but characterized the split as amicable and have remained close.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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And on which side Kidman is taking in Cruise’s new split, especially.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
4 Nov. 2025
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Much of this strife, including throughout the 1967-1970 civil war and subsequent clashes over the decades, has also been closely tied to feuds across ethnic and territorial lines.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Things kick off with a bit of inter-family strife, involving a young predator named Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi).—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, a member of the leading council, went on to aid President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's dissolution of the council, but later came to oppose the move as the rift between two men deepened.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Recovery already underway While the impacts of Melissa are still occurring, recovery is expected to be a greater challenge than usual this year with the dissolution of US AID.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Once the largest importer of American soybeans, China paused purchases of the product in May as bilateral frictions intensified.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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To be sure, OpenAI’s surge isn’t without friction.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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There would be no breakup, no hard words, no goodbyes.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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The band released a statement assuring that Arcade Fire will continue despite the breakup.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Raptors also played the Bucks, a 122-116 loss, with the home team bumping the game’s start time up by an hour to minimize the conflict between the two games.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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That is, some of the properties suffered damage during the war, but others were destroyed because the owners left the country during the conflict.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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Available from Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Despite being one of three teams to make the playoffs from the NL Central division, the gap between the Cubs and Brewers is sizable.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Schism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schism. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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