confrontational

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confrontational
Adjective
  • The New Interest Rate Environment After a period of aggressive rate hikes to combat inflation, central banks are now easing their approach.
    Gianluca Sidoti, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The tight track works perfectly for the Busch Clash, which is known for aggressive racing.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • However, the militant group cautioned that hurdles remain.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Iran continues to play a key role in regional conflicts, supporting militant groups including Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, further complicating its diplomatic relations.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • According to the complaint, several parties had to partake in an all-hands-on-deck meeting to address Lively’s claims of a hostile work environment.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
  • But the country’s new leaders will also have to look outward, balancing the tangled, sometimes contradictory interests of many foreign powers — some friendly, some hostile, some wary.
    Josh Holder, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • What’s more, the dynamics for Big Media and Big Tech are complicated by the fact that Trump has had a contentious relationship with major players in both sectors.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Growing up, millennials experienced contentious 2000 and 2008 U.S. presidential elections, the events of September 11, 2001, a war on terror that cost trillions and lasted two decades, and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
    Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The combative environment engendered a grim sort of gallows humor.
    Jason Parham, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Orlando’s power provider plans to vote Tuesday on revamping its billing structure, changing incentives for when and how customers consume power, which has fueled a combative controversy over what’s best for local solar energy and electricity users.
    Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Even in the face of assaultive public opinion, there is nothing to add.
    Paolo Armelli, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2024
  • How many times, in the throes of his illness, had he been taken into custody by police, accused of lewd or assaultive behavior, and locked in psych wards, only to be let out within days?
    Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
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“Confrontational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confrontational. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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