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as in oppositions
the inclination to resist
after some initial resistance, the city council warmed up to the proposed development plan
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as in undergrounds
a secret organization in a conquered country fighting against enemy forces
soldiers from the resistance were captured after a skirmish outside the foreign ministry
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Recent Examples of resistances
Thornton’s latest work has the potential to reach more audiences precisely because of the Huckleberry Finn-like spirit of its Kid and Max saga, giving more folks the opportunity to learn about colonialist histories and indigenous resistances in the lands down under.
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Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
20 Feb. 2026
Instead, in most analog AI schemes, the weights are stored in one of several types of nonvolatile memory as a conductance value (the resistances above).
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IEEE Spectrum,
2 June 2025
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
20 Feb. 2026
Instead, in most analog AI schemes, the weights are stored in one of several types of nonvolatile memory as a conductance value (the resistances above).
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IEEE Spectrum,
2 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resistances
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Along with her own moral oppositions, O'Donnell recounted facing pushback from her teenage child, Clay.
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With Trump, these oppositions are never absolute.
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The politically complicated situation has raised a few eyebrows — and ethical concerns — among some aldermen who passed the legislation allowing VGTs over the objections of Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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When New England became a stop on major international trade routes, the multicultural floodgates opened and Puritan objections to things like fashion, elaborate design, lavish displays of wealth and other things deemed excessive were being continually, casually challenged.
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“Resistances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resistances. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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