schism

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"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

How to handle inside information is already generating a schism in the prediction-market world.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

This is the culmination of a profound schism between the U.S. and Europe over what should unite them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Does it reflect a schism within the military over its propriety?

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

And of all the gods who might help them, the only ones not affected by the Greek-Roman schism seemed to be Aphrodite, Nemesis, and Dionysus.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan