as in to differ
to have a different opinion
the leader thought we were still headed north on the trail, but I disagreed
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Recent Examples of disagree
Walsh and Knowles answered audience questions and engaged in debates with attendees who disagreed with their conservative views.
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Saige Miller, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026
Justice Samuel Alito might say the need for racial set-asides is over, but Democrats disagree.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026
On green initiatives, meanwhile, Patterson echoes the GOP’s framing of climate concerns as having unintended effects on affordability, a premise with which many environmental advocates disagree.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
The two disagreed on whether data centers should connect to the grid, with Neugebauer alienating a potential customer.
—Chris Tomlinson, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
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Saige Miller, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026
Justice Samuel Alito might say the need for racial set-asides is over, but Democrats disagree.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026
On green initiatives, meanwhile, Patterson echoes the GOP’s framing of climate concerns as having unintended effects on affordability, a premise with which many environmental advocates disagree.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
The two disagreed on whether data centers should connect to the grid, with Neugebauer alienating a potential customer.
—Chris Tomlinson, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disagree
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Sleep stages differ in important ways, Monika Schönauer, a sleep researcher at the University of Freiburg, who wasn’t involved in the study, told me.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Artificial Grass Artificial grass looks just like real grass, even down to its shaggy cut and blades of differing shapes and colors.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
30 Apr. 2026
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Councilmember Brice Stewart, whose district includes the data center site, dissented, as did former Mayor Rory Rowland.—
Ilana Arougheti
Updated April 28,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
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The three justices who dissented from both the December emergency docket ruling and Monday’s summary reversal were justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Apr. 2026
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Critics objected to his sometimes blunt, no-nonsense style.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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Black voters who feared losing representation in Congress opposed that request and argued the justices should instead hold onto their April 29 ruling until after the election because voting in the primary had already begun.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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Yet its release may reflect a bid by European officials to seize upon a hope that critics have argued has long been their sole strategy to defeat Russia in Ukraine – to wait for its internal collapse.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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“Disagree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disagree. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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