oppositional
Example Sentences
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Mr. Lipscomb, who had proved the telegenic potential of gambling, thought legalization of sports betting was coming and urged Mr. Silver to flip the NBA’s oppositional stance and reap “a multi-billion-dollar windfall.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
"Her experience of street-level oppositional politics from the Communist era could, however, see a return."
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
From its inception, the facility faced widespread public opposition, including mass protests, forest defense occupations, and hundreds of hours of oppositional public comment.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025
The threats are part of an oppositional strategy that has ramped up in recent weeks, as reported by NBC News.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2024
It brought together the old revolutionary rhetoric, even deploying some familiar Jeffersonian language, with all the oppositional energy of the Whig tradition, then hurled it at assumption as the new incarnation of foreign domination.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
