at odds
idiom
: not agreeing with each other : in a state of disagreement
The parents and teachers are still at odds (about/over what to teach the students).
—often + withThe two groups have long been at odds with each other.
He was completely at odds with the way the problem was being handled.
The results of the study are at odds with our previous findings.
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The most comfortable sneakers for women don’t have to put wearability and style at odds.
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Austen Tosone, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2025
Trump has also long been at odds with Kimmel and other late night hosts, calling for their dismissals.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Her family has been willing to pay the price for political beliefs at odds with Israel’s increasingly right-wing turn that has seen any prospect of a two-state solution recede further and further from possibility.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
With both of these energies at odds with each other, there is friction between the head and heart, the need for clarity and logic versus surrender and trust.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
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Austen Tosone, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2025
Trump has also long been at odds with Kimmel and other late night hosts, calling for their dismissals.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Her family has been willing to pay the price for political beliefs at odds with Israel’s increasingly right-wing turn that has seen any prospect of a two-state solution recede further and further from possibility.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
With both of these energies at odds with each other, there is friction between the head and heart, the need for clarity and logic versus surrender and trust.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for at odds
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“At odds.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20odds. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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