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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsonance
Noun
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This growth potential stems from the inefficiencies of traditional trade finance systems, including operational bottlenecks, pricing inconsistencies and limited market access.—
Andreas Schweitzer,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025 -
Martin, who is averaging 10.0 points per game, struggled with illness and inconsistency during the first half of the season.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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In her debut memoir, No Fault: A Memoir of Romance and Divorce, Haley Mlotek shows how this central incompatibility yields a useful provocation: There are hazards in relying on stories as the prevailing metaphor for one’s romantic experiences, and even one’s life in total.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2025
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In their house, over a rich lunch of meat stew, Delores and Declan learn more about the nation’s cabbage scorn, make the same joke about Delores’ pants and demonstrate further incompatibility before taking off again.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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Setting aside the delightful incongruity between the coach who once promised to bite off peoples’ kneecaps and his miniature companions, the fourth-down factor is a big part of what makes the Lions Must-See TV.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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The incongruity of profit maximization was brought to public attention in the UK recently, as the scale of river pollution from water utility companies becomes ever more apparent.—
Aissa Dearing,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Jan. 2025
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Through a playful yet serious, if not tragic, way of narrating society and its incongruences, Birgit Jürgenssen and Cinzia Ruggeri reflect on clothes and accessories as a way to express identity but also as a tool to analyze the societal and physical spaces occupied by women.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2025
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These included, but were not limited to: Gender incongruence.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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His efforts at alliance building reflected not the beginning of a multipolar era but an ideological contest between democracy and autocracy in a new cold war with China.—
Michael Brenes,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Jan. 2025
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Over generations, policy makers have created many subclasses of conflict: cold wars, police actions, hybrid wars, cyber wars.—
Phillips Payson O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2025
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Despite the potential run-ins with rats and the constant tourists, Mack couldn't be more grateful for the chance to turn her dream into a reality.—
Alyce Collins,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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The Sorento Hybrid also has an available Blind-Spot View Monitor that displays a live video feed of rear blind spots on the vehicle’s digital dashboard — a feature that helped the couple avoid a run-in with a stray shopping cart.—
Melanie Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The public quarrel between Trump and Zelenskyy began after Russia and the U.S. agreed Tuesday to start working toward ending the war in Ukraine and improving their diplomatic and economic ties.—
ILLIA NOVIKOV,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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The public quarrel between New Zealand and Cook Islands — which share a passport, a military and constitutional ties — was a victory for Beijing’s efforts to woo Pacific leaders and a blow to Western countries’ efforts to counter China’s sway, analysts said.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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There has been an awful lot of water under the bridge since then — and a lot of ill will between the clubs at boardroom level — but there was always a degree of respect between Guardiola and Klopp and, the odd flare-up aside, between the two sets of players.—
Oliver Kay,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Jinger Duggar Vuolo doesn’t hold any ill will towards her parents for her religious upbringing.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Inconsonance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconsonance. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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