schism
Example Sentences
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Rather than uniting the Gulf countries against their common opponent, the war has deepened a schism between Saudi Arabia and the Emirates in which the two have taken diverging approaches to Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
The scientists watching this schism aren’t sure why things became so belligerent.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
How to handle inside information is already generating a schism in the prediction-market world.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
But this time, the schism feels more permanent.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025
Amity would not allow a schism; no one in Abnegation would be so selfish; Candor would argue until they found a common solution; and even Erudite would never do something so illogical.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing schism
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