discordance

Example Sentences

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Something that creates the tension of discordance, but that feels like there is a sense of some kind of completion, even if it is like a bit of a sub-chapter.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

Testing for apoB rather than LDL-C could identify people who are at high risk due to this discordance.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024

Yehoshua captured the discordance of living in a land fraught with moral and political conundrums.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2022

The discordance between symptoms and test results may seem scary, but it’s a promising sign that the vaccine has effectively fortified the immune response.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2021

I pounded my unease into the keys, hoping the discordance would drive him away, but he held on.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago