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Recent Examples of disunite When the state is weak and the people disunited, as under Boris Yeltsin, the West exploits and weakens Russia and its people. Michael S. Neiberg, Washington Post, 12 June 2023 The moment, halfway through the king’s coronation, was a striking image of a family disunited and a reminder of the differing paths the two royal brothers have taken in the last three years. Max Colchester, wsj.com, 7 May 2023 Liberals, Lilla laments, have : lost themselves in the thickets of identity politics and developed a resentful, disuniting rhetoric of difference to match it. David Frum, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2017 Post-Trump, the Republican party will likely be disunited. Elliot Kaufman, National Review, 13 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disunite
Verb
  • The Trump administration reportedly calculated the tariff by dividing the trade deficit ($7.4 billion) by the value of imports to America ($22.2 billion) and then essentially halving the figure to reach 17%.
    Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The appeals court divided 2-1 in turning down the government's request to halt Boasberg's directive.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Heading into final rotation, the two championship hopefuls were separated by just 0.075.
    Henry Chappell, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
  • After Wednesday’s win in Chicago, only one road win over the Hawks separates the Heat from making the playoffs for the sixth straight season.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Women often lose income, take on the bulk of caregiving, and carry the invisible labor of rebuilding a life, while men complain of the long-tail financial consequences of alimony, support payments, and assets split down the middle.
    Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Weeks after rumors spread that Californian experimental hip-hop trio Death Grips had split, the band have now taken to social media to deny these claims.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • People want to disconnect, and the Capella wants to help them in big and small ways.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • If the acting isn’t capable of conveying the language, then people are going to disconnect.
    Jeanne Rawdin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025

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“Disunite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disunite. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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