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as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
there was a real discordance between the tough guys that the actor played in the movies and the softy that he was in real life
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as in noise
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
the jarring discordance coming from the garage where the band was rehearsing
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Recent Examples of discordance
For example, in a case report published in 1999 in the journal Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers identified a four-week discordance between two fetuses.
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Kathleen Felton, Health, 3 July 2023
There is such a thing as twin-twin discordance, Dr. Greves pointed out, which means the fetuses are growing at different rates inside the uterus.
—Kathleen Felton, Health, 3 July 2023
Mars entering Virgo stirs up some discordance, and Mercury triggers disputes near the 10th, but all ends on a highly satisfactory note by the 14th.
—Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 July 2023
There's all these different forms that conflict and have discordance in them.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 June 2023
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Kathleen Felton, Health, 3 July 2023
There is such a thing as twin-twin discordance, Dr. Greves pointed out, which means the fetuses are growing at different rates inside the uterus.
—Kathleen Felton, Health, 3 July 2023
Mars entering Virgo stirs up some discordance, and Mercury triggers disputes near the 10th, but all ends on a highly satisfactory note by the 14th.
—Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 July 2023
There's all these different forms that conflict and have discordance in them.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discordance
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However, Barnier's austerity plan—which includes €40 billion ($42 billion) in spending cuts and €20 billion ($21 billion) in new taxes—has heightened tensions, fueling discord in the National Assembly and precipitating the current political crisis.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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This internal discord is music to Kitson’s ears, whose goal is to have Irish Republicans murder each other.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Posey had a talent for cutting through the noise during his career behind the plate, tackling problems head-on, carving a direct path and avoiding the trap of overthinking.Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 8 Dec. 2024
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Everyone is dealing with information overload, and the most effective way to cut through the noise is through personal relationships.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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But for a few hours a day, the 4-month-old pygmy hippo springs to life, gumming on leaves, zooming around the compound and tossing her head in a silent, open-mouthed roar.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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The roars that greet Ohio State’s three-and-out to start the game double as an enormous exhale.Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Additionally, the band was recently dropped from Austria’s Nova Rock Festival 2025 lineup, fueling speculation about ongoing friction between the band and European promoters.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2024
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That friction could then result in a merger within 100 million years, solving the final-parsec problem.Jonathan O’Callaghan, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2024
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Doll and stroller set: on sale for $10 Original price: $13.65 This stroller and baby doll set also includes a bottle and key rattle.Nora Colomer, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
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On top of the periodic rattle of the transit trains and roar of sports fans, there’s the intrusion of illicit activities that keep him awake.Jovi Dai, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
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While a tie in a national election might cause a constitutional meltdown — and who knows what kind of civil strife — the officials of this small town north of Eureka had a simple solution: pick a name from a box.Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Argentina’s retirees are perhaps the most potent symbol of the strife inflicted by Mr. Milei’s fiscal shock.Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
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The world is filled with chatter about whether AI can fulfill its promise in delivering ROI to the enterprise.R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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The vibe of the evening is a slow crescendo, our chatter building to the point where three or four of us are simultaneously talking into our phones and thrusting them in front of one another, all with a remarkable sense of good cheer.Joe Ray, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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Today, predicting the future has only gotten harder—in the wake of a global pandemic, ongoing geo-political instability and conflict, and the rapid emergence of new disruptive technologies like generative artificial intelligence.Michael Hudson, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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The district has also reported a decline in student suspensions overall and conflicts related to social media, such as bullying.Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Discordance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discordance. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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