adversarial
adjective
ad·ver·sar·i·al
ˌad-vər-ˈser-ē-əl 
ˌad-və-,
-ˈse-rē-
: involving two people or two sides who oppose each other : of, relating to, or characteristic of an adversary or adversary procedures (see adversary entry 2 sense 2)
an adversarial relationship
an adversarial system of justice with prosecution and defense opposing each other
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Examples of adversarial in a Sentence
an adversarial system of justice with prosecution and defense opposing each other
the relationship between the president and the congress should not be adversarial if anything is to get done
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However, this climate agenda risks accelerating domestic production declines, ceding ground to adversarial energy producers abroad.
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Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
There’s another daughter who’s left running the hotel who has a fun, adversarial relationship with Daniel.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
The result is that the LLM follows the adversarial prompt, gathers all the personal information, and formats it into a Markdown image command—attaching the personal information to a URL owned by the attackers.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
Brandt Andersson Walnut Creek Progressive DA throws judicial system awry
The judicial system in the United States, while not perfect, is the best in the world because of the adversarial relationship between prosecution and defense.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
There’s another daughter who’s left running the hotel who has a fun, adversarial relationship with Daniel.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
The result is that the LLM follows the adversarial prompt, gathers all the personal information, and formats it into a Markdown image command—attaching the personal information to a URL owned by the attackers.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
Brandt Andersson Walnut Creek Progressive DA throws judicial system awry
The judicial system in the United States, while not perfect, is the best in the world because of the adversarial relationship between prosecution and defense.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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adversarial
adjective
ad·ver·sar·i·al
ˌad-vər-ˈser-ē-əl
: of, relating to, or characteristic of an adversary or adversary procedures : adversary
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