at odds

idiom

: not agreeing with each other : in a state of disagreement
The parents and teachers are still at odds (about/over what to teach the students).
often + with
The two groups have long been at odds with each other.
He was completely at odds with the way the problem was being handled.
The results of the study are at odds with our previous findings.

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Greg Norman has been been at odds with the PGA Tour for decades. Kendall Capps, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025 After being at odds with her mom, the singer made the decision to leave and ended up sleeping in her car for about a month. Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2025 Within the human rights community, advocates are at odds with one another about what to do. Lomi Kriel, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2025 Safety and inclusion in spaceflight don’t need to be at odds. Jesse Rhoades, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for at odds

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“At odds.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20odds. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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