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as in discords
a lack of agreement or harmony
schism within the charitable organization was preventing it from achieving its goals
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as in splits
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 schisms
As the country heads toward a national election, the leader once celebrated as a healer is now viewed by critics as the main driver of these schisms.
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Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
Given the schisms, some in the GOP believe only a single party-line bill may end up passing before November.
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Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
9 Apr. 2026
But over the past decade or so, major schisms have emerged.
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Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2026
The history of religion, with its thousands of schisms and reformations, is full of pilgrims who, rather than discard their relationship with their sacred text, have found purpose, clarity, and community through defiance.
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Séamas O'Reilly,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
Ferrante’s portrait of these schisms is exquisite, detailing all the jealousies and insecurities that can thrive in a friendship between two bright ambitious women.
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Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
The fracturing of the television audience parallels the schisms in America’s political culture, with viewers and voters increasingly sheltering in partisan echo chambers.
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Karrin Vasby Anderson,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
The band’s success was stymied by internal schisms, as Negron’s addiction to drugs eventually landed him on Skid Row for a time.
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Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
2 Feb. 2026
Yet even within conservative or liberal groups, there are signs that each one would eventually emerge with the same types of schisms that exist today.
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Sheldon Jacobson,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2026
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
Given the schisms, some in the GOP believe only a single party-line bill may end up passing before November.
—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
9 Apr. 2026
But over the past decade or so, major schisms have emerged.
—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2026
The history of religion, with its thousands of schisms and reformations, is full of pilgrims who, rather than discard their relationship with their sacred text, have found purpose, clarity, and community through defiance.
—
Séamas O'Reilly,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
Ferrante’s portrait of these schisms is exquisite, detailing all the jealousies and insecurities that can thrive in a friendship between two bright ambitious women.
—
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
The fracturing of the television audience parallels the schisms in America’s political culture, with viewers and voters increasingly sheltering in partisan echo chambers.
—
Karrin Vasby Anderson,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
The band’s success was stymied by internal schisms, as Negron’s addiction to drugs eventually landed him on Skid Row for a time.
—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
2 Feb. 2026
Yet even within conservative or liberal groups, there are signs that each one would eventually emerge with the same types of schisms that exist today.
—
Sheldon Jacobson,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schisms
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Your dedicated Slack channels, private discords and endless Reddit threads.
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In every case, physical science, which is based on the evidence reported by these limited and limiting senses, eventually leaves us stranded with the conviction that sickness, accidents, and disasters – discords of every description, regardless of the apparent cause – are real and inevitable.
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Maureen Groppe Get ready for some ideological splits.
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Public discussions surrounding prop firm success typically focus on marketing, challenge design, profit splits and trader acquisition.
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In these industries, there are small frictions in everyday spending, and Beijing appears to believe removing them can make services cheaper, more reliable and easier to scale.
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Loudoun County has its frictions with industry, but the local political coalition in support of data centers is durable because residents see the money.
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This is one of the hardest divisions in the league, so winning that is probably not even a thought.
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In 2019, the district attorney’s office of Fulton County, Georgia, opened one of an increasing number of Conviction Integrity Units – known as CIUs – divisions that look into claims of false convictions.
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Clients should understand whether the advisor is legally obligated to put their interests first, how conflicts are disclosed and whether recommendations are shaped by commissions, proprietary products or outside incentives.
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These conflicts raged on through the pandemic, when the country was generally going insane, and in 2022, when President Joe Biden exercised his right to appoint a new chair, Rios took what was in effect a thankless cleanup job.
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The trailer teased screaming matches, tears, accusations of betrayal and clear dissolutions of multiple relationships — both romantic and platonic.
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There could be more dissolutions and consolidations in the future.
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One consequence of the ensuing wars was the emergence of a new, anti-sectarian, pacifist element in Dutch religious life.
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While drones have introduced groundbreaking changes to how wars are fought on earth, the ability to wield them alongside other weapons largely depends on reach from space.
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The app has become a quintessential cog in the dating machine—especially in those liminal stages, the flirtations and the breakups.
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Advertisement Wilde recognizes that people will inevitably draw parallels between her public breakups and the decisions made by characters in the movie.
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