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as in desertion
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Recent Examples of defection
The House narrowly approved a spending blueprint that aims to find $1.5 trillion in spending cuts before Trump released his proposal, despite the defections of two Republicans who joined Democrats in opposing the plan.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Johnson can only afford three defections if all members are present and voting, given his slim majority.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 22 May 2025
Republicans can only afford a few defections while still passing the bill in a party-line vote.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 20 May 2025
Soto’s defection, meanwhile, fully cemented the Mets as financial and competitive heavyweights alongside the Yanks.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Johnson can only afford three defections if all members are present and voting, given his slim majority.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 22 May 2025
Republicans can only afford a few defections while still passing the bill in a party-line vote.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 20 May 2025
Soto’s defection, meanwhile, fully cemented the Mets as financial and competitive heavyweights alongside the Yanks.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defection
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According to Iran’s Islamic Shariah law, converting from Islam is considered apostasy and is a crime punishable by death.—
Julie Turkewitz,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Throughout its engagement with the OIC, the special envoy has prioritized the protection of human rights, routinely championing the equal rights of religious minorities and opposing laws that criminalize blasphemy and apostasy.—
Arsalan Suleman,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Aug. 2017
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This means that hackers are susceptible to infighting, desertion and betrayal, which offers the opportunity for security and law enforcement groups to spread doubt, erode trust and turn threat actors against each other from within the dark web itself.—
Can Yildizli,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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During the Civil War, the crew of a Confederate ship, along with Union soldiers convicted of rape, murder, desertion and other offenses, were imprisoned there.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2025
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This is not the first time that there has been a schism among students at Hillel.—
Anemona Hartocollis,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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The schism had an immediate effect on the Ukrainian army’s U.S.-made High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Volunteers advocate for children who have been removed from their home from either abuse, abandonment or neglect.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2025
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Moreover, reengaging with Iran does not require the abandonment of normalization efforts with Israel.—
Vali Nasr,
Foreign Affairs,
10 June 2025
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The second major structural change involves one of the hallmarks of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to SARS-CoV-1: initial scission at the S1 furin cleavage site.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
6 May 2022
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When the nucleus ultimately disintegrates, these pieces move apart rapidly and the neck snaps quickly, a process known as scission.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2021
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These include infidelities, unspoken longings, and thorny questions of land inheritance.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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This places the blame on the victim rather than the perpetrator of infidelity.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Trehan’s film does not broach the topic of Sikh separatism, but does feature scenes set in the Canadian parliament.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
5 June 2025
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The idea pushed by insurgent outfits — that Kashmir should be an independent state or join with Pakistan — has faded as Kashmiris have largely given up the idea of separatism.—
Showkat Nanda Atul Loke,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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At the root of the underinvestment problem is a lingering misconception that women’s health is synonymous with reproductive health.—
Geri Stengel,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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There seems to be a misconception among our political leaders that civic engagement is purely intuitive, that people fired up by a speech will somehow find their way to a city council meeting, a ballot initiative, a local organization’s strategy session.—
Adam Met,
Time,
3 June 2025
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“Defection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defection. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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