as in opposite
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as in resisting
to refuse to give in to
I will continue to oppose any attempts to infringe upon our civil liberties
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as in fighting
to strive to reduce or eliminate
we must oppose ignorance and prejudice wherever and whenever they arise
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Recent Examples of opposing
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
So when Hernández arrived with the Oklahoma City Comets to continue his rehab assignment on Tuesday, the opposing fans greeted him with a thunderous ovation.
—Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
To be effective the AG must be able to navigate a complex political environment, build coalitions, work with AGs from other states, and work both against and with the opposing political party.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
And in his rookie season the opposing offense ran at him consistently, relegating him to a pass rusher.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
Two Democrats face off for the opposing party's nomination.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 11 May 2026
According to locals, a coach for a team out of Moscow, Idaho, approached the umpire over the walk-up music being played by the opposing team's parents.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Even the Celtics wouldn’t have stooped so low as to try to enact a ban on an opposing team’s fans.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
The opposing pitcher waited on the mound, certain Williams would relent.
—Paul Hardart, Fortune, 9 May 2026
Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
The Broncos literally presented the NFL’s toughest assignment for opposing quarterbacks.
—Sam McDowell May 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
Healey’s letter to the Governor’s Council is in response to another letter signed by hundreds opposing DeMore’s nomination.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 19 May 2026
The six swings-and-misses on his fastball represented a season high and indicated that the rest of his mix was playing up and keeping opposing hitters off balance.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 18 May 2026
Now imagine that same committee assigning a small subcommittee to argue the opposing case.
—Thierry Brunel, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Ashlee Casey with the Sacramento Water Forum said that opposing groups including environmentalists, developers, farmers and cities have all reached an agreement on how to best use water that's released from Folsom Dam and flows down the American River.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Delrahim also distinguished the Paramount-WBD merger from the Disney-Fox transaction of 2019, which critics have cited in opposing the merger.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 May 2026
Cinema — and the Cannes Film Festival —allow opposing views to coexist and be discussed.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 May 2026
Adjective
One of the film’s biggest reflections involves a heady discourse on dialectical materialism, a complicated philosophical principle based on how opposing forces and contradictions fuel change.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
So when Hernández arrived with the Oklahoma City Comets to continue his rehab assignment on Tuesday, the opposing fans greeted him with a thunderous ovation.
—Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
To be effective the AG must be able to navigate a complex political environment, build coalitions, work with AGs from other states, and work both against and with the opposing political party.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
And in his rookie season the opposing offense ran at him consistently, relegating him to a pass rusher.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
Two Democrats face off for the opposing party's nomination.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 11 May 2026
According to locals, a coach for a team out of Moscow, Idaho, approached the umpire over the walk-up music being played by the opposing team's parents.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Even the Celtics wouldn’t have stooped so low as to try to enact a ban on an opposing team’s fans.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
The opposing pitcher waited on the mound, certain Williams would relent.
—Paul Hardart, Fortune, 9 May 2026
Verb
As a maker, these opposing qualities are persistent and present throughout every part of the process.
—Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
The Broncos literally presented the NFL’s toughest assignment for opposing quarterbacks.
—Sam McDowell May 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
Healey’s letter to the Governor’s Council is in response to another letter signed by hundreds opposing DeMore’s nomination.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 19 May 2026
The six swings-and-misses on his fastball represented a season high and indicated that the rest of his mix was playing up and keeping opposing hitters off balance.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 18 May 2026
Now imagine that same committee assigning a small subcommittee to argue the opposing case.
—Thierry Brunel, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Ashlee Casey with the Sacramento Water Forum said that opposing groups including environmentalists, developers, farmers and cities have all reached an agreement on how to best use water that's released from Folsom Dam and flows down the American River.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Delrahim also distinguished the Paramount-WBD merger from the Disney-Fox transaction of 2019, which critics have cited in opposing the merger.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 May 2026
Cinema — and the Cannes Film Festival —allow opposing views to coexist and be discussed.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for opposing
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There is a brightness and its opposite, not darkness but another brightness, just as intense.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Just after midnight, the officer was driving down A1A near Hollywood Boulevard when a driver in a BMW going the opposite direction crossed the median, striking the officer’s car, Deanna Bettineschi, the Hollywood Police Department’s spokesperson wrote in an email to the Miami Herald.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2026
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Saturday when the long-running contract negotiations broke down over the wage and cost-of-living increases that workers are demanding and the MTA has been resisting.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
18 May 2026
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Eatherly’s previous arrest came after another incident on Saturday, when he was kicked out of a restaurant in Nashville and later arrested and charged with theft of services, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to an affidavit.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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After a limp 2-0 defeat at Lorient in mid-April, Benatia criticised the players for a lack of fighting spirit.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Democrats are also fighting among themselves.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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The limits of sanctions on Iran Since 1979, relations between Washington and Iran have been antagonistic.—
Charmaine N. Willis,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2026
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Their announcement was a departure from what has been the more typically adversarial relationship between Mamdani and Menin, who stand on different ends of the Democratic Party spectrum and have developed mostly antagonistic positions in the city’s budget process.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Booker, who is seen as a potential 2028 presidential candidate, made an explicit appeal to MAHA during a speech focused on combating the unhealthiness of the American food diet at the Center for American Progress’s Ideas Conference on Tuesday.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
19 May 2026
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China denies the allegations, describing the facilities as vocational training centers aimed at combating extremism and terrorism.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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The witness who identified Castorena as the shooter gave contradictory statements about what the suspect looked like throughout the investigation and trial, leading to the case being overturned.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
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The latter question seems to weigh profoundly on Hamaguchi, whose films feel at once meticulously calibrated and wildly audacious, and who here manages, as never before, to make those seemingly contradictory impulses coexist as one.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Verb
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As chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, I have been focused on reshoring critical supply chains, strengthening our technological edge and countering the CCP’s growing aggression.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
14 May 2026
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Andrés Spokoiny, the president and CEO of the Jewish Funders Network, estimated that the philanthropic sector has dedicated hundreds of thousands of dollars to countering antisemitism — regardless of its definition.—
James Pollard,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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The film’s central tension — that two siblings hold irreconcilable versions of the same past, neither fully correct — was built into the performances deliberately.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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Those irreconcilable truths are but one reason why things start going so very wrong inside the Pounds household.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Opposing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opposing. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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