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schism

[siz-uhm, skiz-] / ˈsɪz əm, ˈskɪz- /


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But if the growing schism between the tech industry and the broad public is generating bad blood, it also opens a path to reforms that would have been unthinkable a few months ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

The scientists watching this schism aren’t sure why things became so belligerent.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

Some voters told the BBC they hoped that backing Fuller would avoid another Greene-like schism with the president.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

"This is a schism, even if they don't want to say that," Diarmaid MacCulloch, Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford in England, told the BBC.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Still, the absence of these supportive relationships must have hurt, despite his role in the schism.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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