as in hostile
marked by opposition or ill will
the relationship between the president and the congress should not be adversarial if anything is to get done
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In that case, the United States offered South Korea—a country at war and partially occupied by adversarial forces—a formal security commitment as part of an effort to end the fighting and convince the South Korean leadership to agree to an armistice.
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Stephen Hadley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2025
That's the kind of adversarial relationship the two have.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
This exchange is emblematic of their close but often adversarial relationship: two similarly bloody-minded women who are always butting heads.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2025
Current research combined with industry development demonstrates that AI safety requires a complex approach that includes explanation methods alongside secure training procedures, adversarial validation and steady performance monitoring.
—Saurav Bhattacharya, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Stephen Hadley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2025
That's the kind of adversarial relationship the two have.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
This exchange is emblematic of their close but often adversarial relationship: two similarly bloody-minded women who are always butting heads.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2025
Current research combined with industry development demonstrates that AI safety requires a complex approach that includes explanation methods alongside secure training procedures, adversarial validation and steady performance monitoring.
—Saurav Bhattacharya, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Adversarial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adversarial. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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