pitting
Example Sentences
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The debate, pitting concerns over persistently high inflation against rising downside risks to the labor market, showed the lack of consensus and open-ended policy outlook facing the central bank in the coming year.
From Barron's
The debate, pitting concerns over persistently high inflation against rising downside risks to the labor market, showed the lack of consensus and open-ended policy outlook facing the central bank in the coming year.
From Barron's
Kearney noted that federal law left questions about medical care entirely to the states; policy disagreements such as those pitting the DOJ against the hospital are not federal crimes.
From Los Angeles Times
The divide is partly generational: pitting some of those personally scarred by a troubled nuclear past against a younger population eager to embrace zero-carbon energy and technological advancement.
Prime Video’s “The Summer I Turned Pretty” takes this plot device to a stressful extreme by pitting two brothers against each other as they jockey for the affection of their longtime friend.
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