as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
troubling signs of disunity within the normally peaceful organization
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Recent Examples of disunity
This disunity has prevented the EU from using its immense leverage to good effect.
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Josep Borrell Fontelles, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2025
No joint statement Host Canada certainly looks to be avoiding any obvious signs of disunity, having abandoned the usual communique that’s issued at the end of G7 summits on how the group plans to work together to tackle joint challenges.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 June 2025
To do so would expose their disunity, but may be a better choice than their threats in Kyiv ringing hollow.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
From trade and economics to matters of war and peace, the United States and Europe are in an apparent period of disunity not seen in decades.
—James Lamond, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Josep Borrell Fontelles, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2025
No joint statement Host Canada certainly looks to be avoiding any obvious signs of disunity, having abandoned the usual communique that’s issued at the end of G7 summits on how the group plans to work together to tackle joint challenges.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 June 2025
To do so would expose their disunity, but may be a better choice than their threats in Kyiv ringing hollow.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
From trade and economics to matters of war and peace, the United States and Europe are in an apparent period of disunity not seen in decades.
—James Lamond, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disunity
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When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Growing discord between Democrats over the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas flared during the second day of the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) summer meeting.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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In addition to Kalima’s holograph, the Stories of Survival exhibit also features objects from those who survived such strife in Armenia, Bosnia, Cambodia, Iraq, Rwanda, South Sudan and Syria.—
Kelly Haramis,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Chrisley family's grand return to TV after Todd and Julie's pardon releases from prison is marred by family strife that grew during the years of lockup.—
Ryan Coleman September 2,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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That means that the iX3 will regeneratively brake for the overwhelming majority of the time—just 5–10 percent of braking events should require the friction brakes, we're told.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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Entrenched Chinese foreign policy positions, including territorial disputes and industrial subsidies that have flooded foreign markets with cheap exports, will likely remain friction points, experts say, while India's deep distrust of China will not dissipate because of one brief meeting.—
James Pomfret,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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When there is a schism in trade relations, the deficit country [is] at an advantage.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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An early 20th century conflict for control of the publishing board incited a schism that led to the formation of a new denomination and its own publishing agency, the National Baptist Convention of America and RH Boyd Publishing.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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And if someone begins filming you during the potential conflict?—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The country is also the site of the Western Hemisphere’s longest-running internal armed conflict, and constitutionally requires all men between the ages of 18 and 24 to undertake some form of military service.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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The sport of off-roading suffers from a fundamental discordance: The desire to get out into nature and the irreparable harm inherent in the process of off-roading.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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Many of the tunes including sprawling intros and jam sessions, all melded together with discordance, reverb and instrumental solos.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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All Quiet on the Western Front is a visually graphic portrayal of the horrors of war, earning four Academy Awards in 2023 — including Best International Feature Film.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Presumably, this is because those players lost their ‘development’ period — their early teenage years — to the war.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The system’s continuous modernization reflects the shifting nature of naval warfare, where adversaries are increasingly fielding maneuvering anti-ship missiles, drone swarms, and asymmetric maritime threats.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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This kind of ‘autonomy at the edge’, where human oversight is minimal once a system is unleashed, marks a qualitative shift in warfare.—
Brian Walsh,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Disunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disunity. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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