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dissension

[dih-sen-shuhn] / dɪˈsɛn ʃən /


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Dissension among the board grew, and Neugebauer’s charismatic, but at-times abrasive, style rubbed some the wrong way, some of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Dissension among jurors was first revealed Thursday when 11 jurors said in a note to the judge that they were unanimously requesting that one juror be replaced by an alternate juror.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022

Dissension in the ranks, but the plan progresses.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2010

Dissension on the Fox side is worrying negotiators that a deal might not be complete in time for the network's "upfront" presentation to advertisers May 17 -- if a deal happens at all.

From Reuters • Apr. 12, 2010

The question of Dissension in North America State sovereignty was prominent in the discussion of the tariff law of 1828, and assumed more and more a sectional aspect.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin




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