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
Those months of disunity have led to the Democratic Party coalescing around Vice President Kamala Harris, who raised historic amounts of donations this week.
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Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 July 2024
Zelenskyy told European leaders that Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, had so far failed to sow disunity within the region, but noted that EU member states — and one weak link in particular — could yet bow to temptation or blackmail.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 18 July 2024
The moderates’ disunity hurt their cause, but a lack of support from the party establishment made their efforts futile.
—Marsha E. Barrett / Made By History, TIME, 15 July 2024
The contrast between the state of the parties at midsummer was sharpened further this week with reports of Democratic disunity.
—Dan Balz, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 July 2024
Zelenskyy told European leaders that Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, had so far failed to sow disunity within the region, but noted that EU member states — and one weak link in particular — could yet bow to temptation or blackmail.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 18 July 2024
The moderates’ disunity hurt their cause, but a lack of support from the party establishment made their efforts futile.
—Marsha E. Barrett / Made By History, TIME, 15 July 2024
The contrast between the state of the parties at midsummer was sharpened further this week with reports of Democratic disunity.
—Dan Balz, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disunity
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The two leaders have alternated between strategic alignment and open discord, with McConnell distancing himself following the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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There’s discord and violence — at Poppy’s school, out in London, even during her driving lessons with the ornery, proto–men’s rights advocate Scott (Eddie Marsan).Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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Economic Relief: Years of strife in Syria ruined the country’s energy sector, battered its currency and strangled growth.Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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That has led them to focus more on their core fossil fuel businesses at a time of geopolitical strife.Mike Allen, Axios, 31 Dec. 2024
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Key Ingredients: Vegan, color-safe, and free of parabens, sulfates, and silicones, this features slip modifiers that reduce surface friction along the hair shaft, as well as lightweight sugarcane to reduce frizz and damage.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2024
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Also fraying as a result of regional frictions are Ethiopia's peace agreements with Eritrea and Somalia, which accused Ethiopian troops of conducting a deadly border attack against Somali forces earlier this month.Tom O'Connor, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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There’s now a clear split between the Sun Belt and the Blue Wall A key schism has become deeper in recent weeks.Niall Stanage, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
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The Boar’s Head family schism appears to pit Martin and Brunckhorst on one side, and Bischoff on the other.Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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In 2024, archaeological evidence of armed conflicts spanned the ancient era through World War II.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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However, conflict arose when 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports declined to renew their charter agreements due to concerning clauses that seemed to prevent teams from filing antitrust lawsuits against NASCAR.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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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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Comments Outlander has reached the pivotal point where all signs point to war on the near horizon.Lincee Ray, EW.com, 28 Dec. 2024
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Troops under the command of Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov were embroiled in the war from the earliest days of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, with its forces implicated in many atrocities against Ukrainian civilians.Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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Reenacting Bronze Age spear combat The European Bronze Age saw the rise of institutionalized warfare, evidenced by the many spearheads and similar weaponry archaeologists have unearthed.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
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Hybrid warfare refers to a range of activities stopping short of open fighting, like cyberattacks, information campaigns or the targeting of vulnerable infrastructure, such as undersea cables.David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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