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discord

[dis-kawrd, dis-kawrd] / ˈdɪs kɔrd, dɪsˈkɔrd /


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The discord began at a time when bitterness about Spain’s colonial legacy had largely receded, and many Mexicans celebrate their mixed European and Indigenous heritage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Such candid airing of friction is unusual at the court, where personal discord is normally kept behind closed doors and legal disagreements are rendered in the formal language of written dissents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

And it isn’t just at home where the president faces discord.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

We eagerly drink in the discord because the stakes are illusory, even if the high-strung emotions turn out to be real.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

Eisenhower, now fully alive to the limitations of the scientific advice Strauss had been feeding him, disingenuously asked him to explain the discord in the scientific community about the efficacy of monitoring.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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