nonconcurrence

noun

Definition of nonconcurrencenext
as in dispute
variance of opinion on a matter a statement explaining the basis of the justice's nonconcurrence with the majority opinion

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  1. dispute
  2. controversy
  3. debate
  4. disputation
  5. disagreement
  6. difference
Noun
  • Nearly a decade later, a dark storm cloud has descended upon his increasingly unpopular administration, with the resignation of a top Cabinet minister over a dispute about how to manage US president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats.
    Lex Harvey, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Research has distinguished between three simple strategies to deal with neighbor disputes: avoidance of the party whose behavior is experienced as unneighborly; confronting the neighbor face-to-face; and relying on a third party to sort out the issue, e.g. the landlord or even police.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of dispute
Noun
  • The records put an end to a monthslong controversy over whether Winfrey was paid for endorsing the former Democratic presidential nominee.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Patel's nomination as FBI director must first clear Senate confirmation, a process that legal experts predict will be fraught with controversy.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of controversy
Noun
  • The debate over how to classify the West India Regiments—whether as British subjects and soldiers or as enslaved men—continued until 1807.
    Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Actuarial data will likely end the debate if and when autonomous vehicles are demonstrably safer than those piloted by humans.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of debate
Noun
  • Jake is a single father who has brought Kristen up in the severe Calvinist tradition, marked by Bible disputations of Talmudic intricacy and by a radical detachment from secular and popular culture.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2023
  • And yet there is one aspect of the book which was notable: a disputation of the Richard Wrangham's work in Demonic Males.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2013
Definition of disputation
Noun
  • Any disagreements or requests for information should be noted in that report.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Relationships, at their best, are not just defined by extraordinary moments or their endings—they’re about the moments in between, the routine, the joy, the disagreements and the growth.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of disagreement
Noun
  • Changing Hands Still, there is a big difference between getting a new set of house keys and the password to an Instagram account.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In theory, the Dodgers’ brand connections in Japan developed over the past few months could help Sasaki cash in off-field to make up whatever difference there would be.
    Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of difference
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