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Examples of disunity in a Sentence
troubling signs of disunity within the normally peaceful organization
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The talks collapsed, protests started up again, and Netanyahu once again refused to listen to the warnings coming from the security establishment—not only of anger within the IDF, but that Israel’s enemies were planning to take advantage of the country’s disunity to launch an attack.
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Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
There have been other nominees with at least decent prospects whose trajectories suffered from disunity or disarray in the summer before or during the nominating convention.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024
This disconnect filters down through the organization, fostering disunity and fracturing.
—Dr. Tracy Cocivera, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
In this disunity, there are echoes of the late 1960s, when widespread rancor over the escalation of the Vietnam War doomed Lyndon Johnson’s presidency and fueled Richard Nixon’s ascent.
—Ross Barkan, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
Distracted by disunity, the United States leaves other countries with an impression of fickleness, which impedes it from acting resolutely.
—Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2023
The infighting between Prigozhin’s force and the Russian military had for months appeared untenable, with the expectation that Putin would ultimately take action to curb the disunity.
—Paul Sonne, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
Speaking at an election event late Thursday, Lai talked about his team’s busy schedule, discussing policy with voters and the media, and poured scorn on the opposition’s disunity.
—Reuters, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2023
So about that disunity (Kyusung Gong / Associated Press)
To their credit, Oladejo and Heimlicher showed courage in not only acknowledging the rift but also offering suggestions for how to fix it.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
There have been other nominees with at least decent prospects whose trajectories suffered from disunity or disarray in the summer before or during the nominating convention.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024
This disconnect filters down through the organization, fostering disunity and fracturing.
—Dr. Tracy Cocivera, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
In this disunity, there are echoes of the late 1960s, when widespread rancor over the escalation of the Vietnam War doomed Lyndon Johnson’s presidency and fueled Richard Nixon’s ascent.
—Ross Barkan, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
Distracted by disunity, the United States leaves other countries with an impression of fickleness, which impedes it from acting resolutely.
—Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2023
The infighting between Prigozhin’s force and the Russian military had for months appeared untenable, with the expectation that Putin would ultimately take action to curb the disunity.
—Paul Sonne, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
Speaking at an election event late Thursday, Lai talked about his team’s busy schedule, discussing policy with voters and the media, and poured scorn on the opposition’s disunity.
—Reuters, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2023
So about that disunity (Kyusung Gong / Associated Press)
To their credit, Oladejo and Heimlicher showed courage in not only acknowledging the rift but also offering suggestions for how to fix it.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
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disunity
noun
dis·uni·ty
dish-ˈü-nət-ē 
(ˈ)dis-ˈyü-
: lack of unity
especially
: dissension
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