as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
troubling signs of disunity within the normally peaceful organization
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Recent Examples of disunity
In large part because of their own disunity, the Alawites never got their independent state.
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Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
After the election, betting sites may look less like oracles than mirrors, reflecting the nation’s disunity back at us.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
These actions have also telegraphed vulnerability, disunity, and lack of resolve among Western allies to Beijing.
—Michael J. Green, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2020
Lacking a supportive company culture can result in disunity and the eventual breakdown of an organization.
—Kent Ingle, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
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Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
After the election, betting sites may look less like oracles than mirrors, reflecting the nation’s disunity back at us.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
These actions have also telegraphed vulnerability, disunity, and lack of resolve among Western allies to Beijing.
—Michael J. Green, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2020
Lacking a supportive company culture can result in disunity and the eventual breakdown of an organization.
—Kent Ingle, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for disunity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disunity
Noun
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This trade occurred as a direct result of locker room discord and a fractured relationship between Miller and Elias Pettersson.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
1 Feb. 2025
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The recent devastating wildfires in Southern California quickly triggered raging political discord over the cause of the crisis, with President Donald Trump and many of his Republican allies blaming Newsom and other California Democrats.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Most likely, the Oscars will serve as a show of resilience for a town that has endured, in the past few years, a pandemic shutdown, labor strife, and the uncertainty of the streaming age.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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In a year flooded with political and economic strife, the predictability of holiday purchasing was anything but certain.—
Bernard May,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The friction between the two continued on the Jan. 27 episode of 90 Day: The Last Resort after Florian felt he was not invited to a party hosted by Julia and Brandon, who are also participating in the couples’ retreat, on the previous episode.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Despite the friction, Trace emphasized his love for his father but expressed a lack of respect due to the situation.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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To me, this demonstrates the schism between the classic Republican—which is the Brooks Brothers, free-trade, globalist, Reaganite Republican—and the new Republican, which is populist.—
Vittoria Elliott,
WIRED,
21 Jan. 2025
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And how did the family schism widen to the point that Amy is now accusing Clayton and Kathryn of once plotting their father’s murder, in one of multiple lawsuits Amy has been involved in following Carmen’s death?—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
19 Jan. 2025
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Their conflict has killed more than 28,000 people, forced millions to flee their homes and left some families eating grass in a desperate attempt to survive as famine sweeps parts of the country.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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Most aggravating is the way the film neatly resolves all of its conflicts for the end.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2025
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Unlike their countrymen in the contemporary tropicalia movement (Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes), the Minas Gerais musicians favored languid drift and golden melody over genre-busting and discordance, and Lo Borges is as good an album as the moment produced.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2024
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The lengthy obituaries detailed my career accomplishments and deep ties to family and friends with the uncanny discordance of an AI bot.—
Tribune News Service,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2024
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In the early days of the war, Israel ordered a mass evacuation of northern Gaza and quickly sealed off the area after ground troops advanced.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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One such project, Hideouts: The Architecture of Survival, examined nine hiding places used by Jews during the war.—
Natalia Romik / Madę by History,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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His position once again puts him in charge of the world’s most powerful military, which -- often at his discretion -- can either engage in lethal warfare or act as a deterrent and a force for peace.—
Ian Pannell,
ABC News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Author of 'Swarm Troopers: How small drones will conquer the world,' following cutting-edge military technology in general and the drone warfare revolution in particular.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Disunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disunity. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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