as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
continued infighting has just completely robbed that political action committee of its effectiveness
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Recent Examples of infighting
The state took over Edgewood ISD in 2016 for infighting among members but not for academic performance.
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Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Mar. 2026
But this doesn’t preclude factional infighting, which has been a feature of the Islamic Republic for decades and has manifested between the lines in messages of congratulation to the new leader.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2026
Racist revelations aside, Von Dutch also suffered from its own success; those ubiquitous trucker hats diluted the brand and triggered market fatigue, while internal infighting between investors and executives stalled corporate growth.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
Advertisement Talarico says the GOP infighting essentially gives Democrats a two-month grace period to unify and rebuild war chests.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Feb. 2026
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Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Mar. 2026
But this doesn’t preclude factional infighting, which has been a feature of the Islamic Republic for decades and has manifested between the lines in messages of congratulation to the new leader.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2026
Racist revelations aside, Von Dutch also suffered from its own success; those ubiquitous trucker hats diluted the brand and triggered market fatigue, while internal infighting between investors and executives stalled corporate growth.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
Advertisement Talarico says the GOP infighting essentially gives Democrats a two-month grace period to unify and rebuild war chests.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infighting
Noun
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But the movie's release was shrouded by speculation over discord between Lively and Baldoni.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Immediately after the Hamas attack, the mood at Beth El was sombre, but there were few signs of discord.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In providing that space for both music and wellness, sound healing brings audiences into a collective world for escape from both the external strife of the world and their own messy interiority.—
Britt Julious,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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This has actually caused a lot of internal strife within the community.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Later, romantic Venus squares transformative Pluto, stirring friction about recognition and resources in groups.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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The challenge is not to retreat from circulation, but to insist that circulation be thought through, grounded in specific places and their conditions, and accountable, open to friction, contamination, and transformation rather than insulated coherence.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Earlier Monday, Turkey's defense ministry announced that the alliance's air defenses deployed in the eastern Mediterranean had, for a fourth time during the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, intercepted an Iranian missile that had entered its airspace.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Neither has served in an active military capacity during the current conflict.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Part of that discordance might be the fact that as a genre, rock has historically been difficult to define.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
19 Nov. 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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The president promised Wednesday evening the war was in the best interest of the American people.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Iran war is increasing Keller ISD costs Rising utility costs play a part in the financial strain.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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But over the past decade or so, major schisms have emerged.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2026
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In the 2020s members of GAFCON and GSFA moved toward what some have seen as a schism with the Church of England and the more liberal provinces of the Anglican Communion.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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The strikes, the latest in an intensifying drone warfare between the army and the RSF, killed 10 people, including seven medical staffers, and injured at least 19 people.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Russia's war in Ukraine has given rise to a new kind of drone warfare.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Infighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infighting. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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