dissension
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In meetings with staff this spring, a State Department manager told analysts that their continued dissension was damaging INR’s credibility among administration officials, according to two people familiar with the meetings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
Still, there is little doubt that this could cause delays and dissension — which is part of the plan.
From Salon • Sep. 20, 2024
The dissension contains echoes of 2004, when then-CEO Michael Eisner publicly feuded with high-profile members of the Disney family to stay in power.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2024
He rebels against his heritage and soaks in the music of economically disadvantaged Black people, stirring up dissension in his family.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024
“Spreading dissension and inciting to mutiny. Silver, you’re under arrest too, for failing to report to Toadflax this evening and causing your duty to devolve on a comrade. You’re both to come with me.”
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Vocabulary lists containing dissension
The Great Gatsby
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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"On Women's Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony
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