1
as in dispute
variance of opinion on a matter
there was some disagreement about what color the missing sweater actually was
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2
as in quarrel
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
a loud disagreement started as soon as we tried to order pizza for everyone
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as in difference
the quality or state of being different
there is some disagreement between the accounts on the sequence of events
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Recent Examples of disagreement
Having cooperative processes in place also helps when disagreements arise.
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Melissa McCracken, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2025
Last month, the consortium reached a deal to transfer some property on the flagship site to the city, thereby ending disagreements between the landlord and Neiman Marcus involving the land lease.
—David Moin, WWD, 17 Mar. 2025
In many cases, healthy disagreements result in better understanding of alternatives and better decisions.
—Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Peter & Paul but the parishioners say OCA’s legitimacy has been a subject of disagreement within the Orthodox community.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
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Melissa McCracken, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2025
Last month, the consortium reached a deal to transfer some property on the flagship site to the city, thereby ending disagreements between the landlord and Neiman Marcus involving the land lease.
—David Moin, WWD, 17 Mar. 2025
In many cases, healthy disagreements result in better understanding of alternatives and better decisions.
—Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Peter & Paul but the parishioners say OCA’s legitimacy has been a subject of disagreement within the Orthodox community.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disagreement
Noun
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The White House is trying to have it every way possible in a high-stakes dispute over its speedy deportation of hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
17 Mar. 2025
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The dispute came after President Donald Trump invoked a centuries-old law that would give him the ability to deport any noncitizen with little to no due process.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2025
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The quarrel swiftly escalated when Perez allegedly struck her twice on the left side of her temple and pulled her hair.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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As the quarrel over seating escalated, the attacker, who was wearing a black face mask, slashed the victim on his left hand with an unknown weapon.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2025
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The difference primarily is in the attitudes of Republicans, Jackson said of societal shifts reflected in the data.—
Adriel Bettelheim,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
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The big difference between this M4 and the one in all the other Macs is that the Air still doesn't include an active cooling fan.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Mar. 2025
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The controversy and the film’s box-office success nevertheless sparked interest from Western distributors.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
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While controversy immediately arose over whether the administration had defied a court order to stop the deportation flights, the more important question will soon demand an answer: whether the Alien Enemies Act applies at all.—
Robert J. Delahunty,
National Review,
21 Mar. 2025
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The 18-year-old’s boyfriend was seen in the footage attempting to stop the altercation.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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The sole witness to the altercation was the car’s driver, who testified at the trial through an Urdu language translator.—
Rebecca Keegan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Mar. 2025
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OpenAI is hoping that Donald Trump's AI Action Plan, due out this July, will settle copyright debates by declaring AI training fair use—paving the way for AI companies' unfettered access to training data that OpenAI claims is critical to defeat China in the AI race.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Mar. 2025
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Zoning commissioners, without much debate, ultimately waved the proposal through to city council, recommending approval in a 7-4 vote.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Mar. 2025
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For some of those attorneys it's been a challenging week, as judges in several cases have appeared skeptical of the government's arguments.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2025
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The pushing back of opening arguments by a week was an acknowledgment by the judge that litigating some of those issues could take additional time.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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Jake is a single father who has brought Kristen up in the severe Calvinist tradition, marked by Bible disputations of Talmudic intricacy and by a radical detachment from secular and popular culture.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2023
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And yet there is one aspect of the book which was notable: a disputation of the Richard Wrangham's work in Demonic Males.—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
22 Apr. 2013
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“Disagreement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disagreement. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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