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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Initially, that’s at odds with El-Bushra’s flashback-heavy script.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
Trump's apparent ambivalence toward TikTok puts him squarely at odds with numerous leaders who, on nearly every other matter, align themselves with him.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
Butler is currently at odds with his own front office in Miami after demanding a trade last month.
—Chris Branch, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Randolph noted that most of Trump’s tech advisers have taken public stances in support of skilled immigration that put them at odds with many in the President’s Make America Great Again movement.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
Trump's apparent ambivalence toward TikTok puts him squarely at odds with numerous leaders who, on nearly every other matter, align themselves with him.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
Butler is currently at odds with his own front office in Miami after demanding a trade last month.
—Chris Branch, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Randolph noted that most of Trump’s tech advisers have taken public stances in support of skilled immigration that put them at odds with many in the President’s Make America Great Again movement.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
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“At odds.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20odds. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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