as in to differ
to have a different opinion
the leader thought we were still headed north on the trail, but I disagreed
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Recent Examples of disagree
Share [Findings] EEG experts disagreed on whether, in the future, brain waves could be used to read dreams and long-term memories.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
However, many internet users disagreed with the user's friends and encouraged them to stand by their choice.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Carter’s humility — returning to live in his modest home in Plains, Ga., after his time in the White House, and personally helping construct homes for Habitat for Humanity — also won admiration even from those who disagreed with him ideologically.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 31 Dec. 2024
People voted by pasting small colored stickers in a quadrant to show one of four levels of support: strongly agree, agree, neutral, or disagree.
—Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2024
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
However, many internet users disagreed with the user's friends and encouraged them to stand by their choice.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Carter’s humility — returning to live in his modest home in Plains, Ga., after his time in the White House, and personally helping construct homes for Habitat for Humanity — also won admiration even from those who disagreed with him ideologically.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 31 Dec. 2024
People voted by pasting small colored stickers in a quadrant to show one of four levels of support: strongly agree, agree, neutral, or disagree.
—Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2024
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Blood is seen pouring out of skinned animals, the near-constant cruelty of the state’s differing climates is apparent and the ruthless, murderous human beings driven by capitalism and colonialism are lethal.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
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Succession stars Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin and Jeremy Strong all continue to have differing approaches to acting — and continue to voice those differences.Charna Flam, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Gabbard dissented from this contrived consensus on Syria, actively resisting the false narratives of the permanent national security bureaucracy.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Four of the court’s conservatives, Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, dissented.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
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During the campaign, Cordero-Stutz objected to cuts in the overtime dollars from the 2024 police budget and urged commissioners to beef up funds for new police academy classes.Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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No objections: Not a single lawmaker protested the votes during the ceremony – marking the first time that not one congressional Democrat objected to certifying a Republican president-elect since 1988.Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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Around that time, a few pioneering researchers argued that clinical decision-making should be grounded in the best available evidence.Aaron J. Masino, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
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TikTok argues that shutting down the media platform violates the free speech of the U.S. operation and the millions of Americans who use it daily, says NPR's Bobby Allyn.Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Disagree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disagree. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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