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as in resisting
to refuse to give in to
I will continue to oppose any attempts to infringe upon our civil liberties
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as in fighting
to strive to reduce or eliminate
we must oppose ignorance and prejudice wherever and whenever they arise
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Recent Examples of opposing
Valerie Mesa, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
The bespoke drinks menu was inspired by the concept of yin and yang—with eight choices named after opposing forces like the sun/moon, heaven/earth, mountain/river, and dark side/bright side.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
Just having Middleton on the floor shrinks the geometry of the court for opposing offenses.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The election was so divisive, many American voters went to the polls with a feeling that the opposing candidate was an existential threat to the nation.
—Anna Furman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
This duo could put legitimate fear into opposing teams and give San Antonio a formidable star duo to contend.
—Matt Levine, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Syria's government has rejected reports that President Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus as insurgents opposing his regime continue their lightning offensive.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
But Johnson is opposing most other staff cuts and would rely instead on eliminating vacant positions — which helps cut costs, true, but not nearly enough.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
At Work Burnout and AI don’t have to be opposing forces.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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However, with Mars retrograde opposing Venus, your romantic and friendship dynamics are being put to the test.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
The bespoke drinks menu was inspired by the concept of yin and yang—with eight choices named after opposing forces like the sun/moon, heaven/earth, mountain/river, and dark side/bright side.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
Just having Middleton on the floor shrinks the geometry of the court for opposing offenses.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The election was so divisive, many American voters went to the polls with a feeling that the opposing candidate was an existential threat to the nation.
—Anna Furman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
This duo could put legitimate fear into opposing teams and give San Antonio a formidable star duo to contend.
—Matt Levine, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Syria's government has rejected reports that President Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus as insurgents opposing his regime continue their lightning offensive.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
But Johnson is opposing most other staff cuts and would rely instead on eliminating vacant positions — which helps cut costs, true, but not nearly enough.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
At Work Burnout and AI don’t have to be opposing forces.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for opposing
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For even coverage, apply half the seed making passes with the spreader in one direction, then apply the second half of the seed in the opposite direction.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
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Yields and prices move in opposite directions, and one basis point equals 0.01%.Sean Conlon,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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This reminds us of the importance of resisting conformity in our own careers.William Arruda, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Leigh’s movies have often evidenced a socialist tendency while resisting typical political bias — except for the unfortunate mixed-bag Peterloo.Armond White, National Review, 11 Dec. 2024
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Still, the relationship never became too antagonistic.Tae Kim, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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However, their early rhetoric is setting an antagonistic tone toward federal workers, which threatens to undermine DOGE’s goals.James Broughel, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Christmas entertainment can sometimes be criticized for being treacly and cliché, but The Year Without a Santa Claus subverts those stereotypes with its zany characters, who act in the strange, contradictory ways, like real people do.Victoria Edel, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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The second Trump administration inherits these contradictory tendencies of attention and inattention.Ken Opalo, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2024
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The notes are the same, but the messages attached to them are irreconcilable.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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Today, the values that long underwrote the gallery system and its conventions appear more irreconcilable with the realities of the market than ever before.Natasha Degen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Harris campaign has sought to appeal to Republicans who don’t like Trump’s policies, many of which are antithetical to generations of conservative Republican philosophy, and to people who are alarmed by authoritarian pronouncements from the former president.Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2024
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My experience with both films was almost antithetical.Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
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Since President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 race, American voters now face an unusual choice between two candidates who are almost diametric opposites – people who are different in nearly every way.George Petras, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024
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The British Academy's judgements are sometimes in agreement with those of the American Academy, and occasionally in diametric opposition — which is precisely their prismatic value as an Oscars handicapping tool.Guy Martin, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
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The requirements call for at least 18,000 miles of bicycling and for riders to cross two antipodal points — in Wilcox's case, Madrid, Spain, and Wellington, New Zealand.Scott Detrow, NPR, 18 Sep. 2024
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These two antipodal scenarios hold distinct implications for where Io’s volcanism ultimately emerges on the moon’s surface.Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Nov. 2023
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“Opposing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opposing. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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