- present participle of conflict.
conflicting
Example Sentences
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“These conflicting narratives suggest that the market is in the process of picking winners and losers in this space, and that is a process that will take time,” he added.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
But the two sides have given conflicting statements about the contents of the agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
Yet its broad contours remained unclear more than a day after the deal was announced, as each side offered conflicting public messaging about what had been agreed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
But if it’s part of a larger pattern of opacity, instability and conflicting messaging, something larger might be coming down the pike.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026
Conceivably two expanding civilizations with different planetary requirements would ignore each other, their filigree patterns of expansion intertwining, but not conflicting.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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