as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
there was friction between the two sides of the family
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Recent Examples of friction
That reduces friction and minimizes injury.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Strength requires friction, growth requires friction.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Now, growing frictions and uncertainties between some countries and the US under Trump will loom over the gathering – a reality sure to be referenced prominently if indirectly in remarks by Xi to his guests in the days ahead.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, with the moon reaching its first quarter phase in Sagittarius — essentially challenging all of Virgo’s plans, formulas and precision — there is bound to be intense friction between the desire to stay in line versus the urge to explore new horizons.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Strength requires friction, growth requires friction.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Now, growing frictions and uncertainties between some countries and the US under Trump will loom over the gathering – a reality sure to be referenced prominently if indirectly in remarks by Xi to his guests in the days ahead.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, with the moon reaching its first quarter phase in Sagittarius — essentially challenging all of Virgo’s plans, formulas and precision — there is bound to be intense friction between the desire to stay in line versus the urge to explore new horizons.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friction
Noun
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Kirk was one of the slate of Republicans who called for more transparency around the Jeffrey Epstein files in a rare moment of discord within the party.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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However, the pair have had a history of discord.—
Erica Marrison,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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That moment of silence itself soon erupted into House strife, with shouting on the floor.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
11 Sep. 2025
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Against the backdrop of the golden sand dunes in Ninh Thuan province, family strife boils over when a son’s dream to dance to the beat of his own heart pits him against his father’s wishes.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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Israel has also bombed Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Yemen in the course of the Gaza conflict.—
Jarrett Renshaw,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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If both polls and discussions with my friends are anything to go by, Americans feel forever locked in a state of political conflict.—
Sarah Stein Lubrano,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The sport of off-roading suffers from a fundamental discordance: The desire to get out into nature and the irreparable harm inherent in the process of off-roading.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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Many of the tunes including sprawling intros and jam sessions, all melded together with discordance, reverb and instrumental solos.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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The food industry has weathered trade wars before, but this feels different in its scope and unpredictability.—
Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Grain prices have returned to normalcy after the pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia war upset supply chains.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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The quiet schism in sports over whether to acknowledge Kirk as an important figure cut down in a senseless murder may reflect today’s uneasy balance between conservative power and the norms of what are often regarded as apolitical spaces, particularly by conservatives themselves.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
16 Sep. 2025
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Beneath the immediate conflict lies a deeper ideological schism.—
Khaled Hassan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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The discordancy is so intriguing — like learning that Katharine Graham went to nude encounter sessions at Esalen, or Alan Greenspan was once in a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover band.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Nov. 2021
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At least one Ukrainian drone has also crashed in Estonia, which Tallinn said was sent off course by Russian electronic warfare measures.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Denmark will put forward two F-16 fighter jets and an anti-air warfare frigate, while France will contribute three Rafale jets and Germany four Eurofighters, the alliance said in a press release.—
Robert Birsel
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Friction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friction. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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