1
as in resistance
the inclination to resist
most of the opposition to the proposed smoking ban is coming from bar owners worried about its impact on their businesses
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as in oppositeness
the quality or state of being as different as possible
her actions stand in direct opposition to her words
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Recent Examples of opposition
Much of Baldoni’s allegations run in opposition to Lively’s claims (which are fully explored in this story).
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The elder Chancellor is a local opposition leader who, according to reports in Venezuela, was the first political prisoner of Chavez.
—Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
The main opposition Democratic Party used its majority in parliament to bring on Yoon’s impeachment vote, although some 12 lawmakers from Yoon’s own party also voted to impeach.
—Reuters, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Changes expected under Trump South Korea’s progressive opposition, which has made Yoon’s life miserable from parliament and is increasingly ascendant since the president’s power grab, historically has taken a harder line on Japan.
—Alena Botros, Fortune Asia, 6 Jan. 2025
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The elder Chancellor is a local opposition leader who, according to reports in Venezuela, was the first political prisoner of Chavez.
—Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
The main opposition Democratic Party used its majority in parliament to bring on Yoon’s impeachment vote, although some 12 lawmakers from Yoon’s own party also voted to impeach.
—Reuters, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Changes expected under Trump South Korea’s progressive opposition, which has made Yoon’s life miserable from parliament and is increasingly ascendant since the president’s power grab, historically has taken a harder line on Japan.
—Alena Botros, Fortune Asia, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opposition
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Russia, China and others are quite adept at this and now face less resistance.Axios, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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Both of those numbers suggest that today’s discount, with rates looking at a fair bit of upside resistance from here, is overdone.Brett Owens, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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The film has been criticized for trafficking in clichés and gender stereotypes, for equating transitioning with death, for presenting it as a kind of moral redemption, for making older cisgender audiences feel virtuous by endorsing it, among other objections.Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025
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And appeals courts have upheld the gag order over Trump’s First Amendment objections.Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
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To change a bit from a 1 to a 0, the head reverses the polarity of the magnetic material in the tiny patch, so that the spins in it point in the opposite direction.Pedram Khalili, IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2015
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But the fates of Penny and Neely have, like so much else in American life, become sucked into the polarities of political debate.Niall Stanage, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
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But in the late twentieth century, globalization and technological change sparked a divergence in fortunes.Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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While there were small points of divergence, the vast bulk of their memories matched.Jes Aznar, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Opposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opposition. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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