as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
continued infighting has just completely robbed that political action committee of its effectiveness
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Recent Examples of infighting
Each broad alliance is dangerously fragile, susceptible to infighting and splits.
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Mai Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2025
Nationally, the Democratic Party seems paralyzed by ideological infighting.
—Marc Lester, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
While directors have become known for past infighting, January’s meeting was rare in that board members aired their grievances publicly.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
Ullyot, who left his role as the acting assistant to Hegseth for public affairs Friday over front office infighting, said the upheaval at the Defense Department will likely cost Hegseth his job.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
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Mai Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2025
Nationally, the Democratic Party seems paralyzed by ideological infighting.
—Marc Lester, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
While directors have become known for past infighting, January’s meeting was rare in that board members aired their grievances publicly.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
Ullyot, who left his role as the acting assistant to Hegseth for public affairs Friday over front office infighting, said the upheaval at the Defense Department will likely cost Hegseth his job.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infighting
Noun
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Gone was the discord and rudeness that is often synonymous with the Big Apple.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
25 May 2025
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Evidently, the discord stemmed from their division of labor.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Image His support for Mr. Trump has led Tesla’s sales to plummet and has caused strife within his companies, as some employees have taken the rare step of speaking out against their chief executive’s political activity.—
Theodore Schleifer,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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In 1961-1962, the U.S. political climate was icy, amid escalating strife with the Soviet Union, but there was a warmth emanating from the burgeoning counterculture movement.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Han and Li’s student-teacher relationship in particular is diluted and lacks necessary grounding, and there’s little compelling friction between the two masters to make up for it.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
28 May 2025
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Eldest and youngest formed a bond that would survive decades of friction over principles and tactics.—
Dan Morrison,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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On April 10, tariffs on nearly all Chinese imports, including fireworks, climbed as high as 145% as a tit-for-tat trade conflict between China and the United States escalated.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
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President Donald Trump lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin for continuing to attack Ukraine while talks are ongoing between the two countries to find an end to the ongoing conflict.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 May 2025
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Editors’ Picks An editor at Fast Company, a magazine about business, technology and design, was among the first to notice the discordance.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
4 May 2025
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Sachs plays on the discordance between his naturalistic approach and the theatricality of the project with meta elements like a quick glimpse of the crew or posed shots of the actors occasionally punctuating the conversation, accompanied by blasts of Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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Trump vowed to end the war in Ukraine on the campaign trail, but so far has seen little to no progress toward that goal since taking office four months ago.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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In fact, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated outright that ending the war is not going to happen until Hamas disarms and moves out of Gaza, two conditions the Palestinian terrorist group views as surrender terms.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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The gap between swimsuit and swim shorts may not strike many as a meaningful sartorial schism.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
16 May 2025
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In Nixon in China, the aggrieved president is heartfelt about healing a global schism.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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The exercises were designed, NATO said, to hone their skills, military capabilities and cooperation for extreme cold weather warfare.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
23 May 2025
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Anti-Israel forces have a long-running strategy called Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions, which calls for governments, universities and corporations to engage in forms of economic warfare against Israel.—
Alma Hernandez,
Boston Herald,
22 May 2025
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“Infighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infighting. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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