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Recent Examples of opposition The protests are being held against moves to remove the parliament speaker, an opposition party member who is facing accusations of corruption. Mark N. Mengonfia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024 Meanwhile, Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the right-wing opposition Law and Justice Party, posted a picture on X earlier this month of butter being kept in a safe to highlight how expensive the spread has become amid an overall rise in living costs. Hanna Ziady, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024 South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, lawmakers and people attend a rally to condemn South Korean President’s surprise declarations of the martial law last night and to call for his resignation, at the national assembly in Seoul, South Korea December 4, 2024. Shafi Musaddique, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024 This will be a challenge, given that each opposition faction, and their foreign allies, have diverging goals. Sefa Secen / Made By History, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for opposition 
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Noun
  • The Senate report highlights Alito's resistance to recuse himself from cases involving President-elect Donald Trump or the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot after flags associated with the insurrection were seen flying at two of his homes.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
  • This shift helps move from resistance to collaboration, allowing both partners to explore what adjustments or compromises would make the decision feel right.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But as a farming community more affected by recent drought and groundwater pumping restrictions, their objections include a larger focus on its water use, which could add up to 36 million gallons annually if four turbines are installed.
    Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 28 Dec. 2024
  • But after providing a few examples of such programs, the report raises objections.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • To change a bit from a 1 to a 0, the head reverses the polarity of the magnetic material in the tiny patch, so that the spins in it point in the opposite direction.
    Pedram Khalili, IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2015
  • But the fates of Penny and Neely have, like so much else in American life, become sucked into the polarities of political debate.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Peripheral outperformance Chris Watling, CEO and chief market strategist at Longview Economics, highlighted a divergence among European economies, with a handful of European countries set to see their economic fortunes turn around.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
  • This divergence could lead to a shift through the adoption of microgrids.
    Tracy Price, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024

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“Opposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opposition. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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