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 + withThe 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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His father was an Arab nationalist, an ideology at odds with Sharaa's political Islam.
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Tom Perry, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Leo is at odds with the administration on such policy issues as immigration — Trump’s signature issue — and the environment.
—Laurie Kellman, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
Colleen Murphy, the general counsel for the state’s Freedom of Information Commission, says the FOIA section seems at odds with the rest of the legislation.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2025
Measuring the Distance The extent to which Trump and Netanyahu are truly at odds remains a matter of debate.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
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Tom Perry, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Leo is at odds with the administration on such policy issues as immigration — Trump’s signature issue — and the environment.
—Laurie Kellman, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
Colleen Murphy, the general counsel for the state’s Freedom of Information Commission, says the FOIA section seems at odds with the rest of the legislation.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2025
Measuring the Distance The extent to which Trump and Netanyahu are truly at odds remains a matter of debate.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 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 23 May. 2025.
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