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as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
there was a real discordance between the tough guys that the actor played in the movies and the softy that he was in real life
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as in noise
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
the jarring discordance coming from the garage where the band was rehearsing
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Recent Examples of discordance
Luckily, director Kate Dumoulin helps smooth over much of the discordance.
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Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
Editors’ Picks An editor at Fast Company, a magazine about business, technology and design, was among the first to notice the discordance.
—Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Though ApoB may be the more accurate test—particularly for people with metabolic issues or others who may have discordance—there are some issues with the test in practice.
—Anuradha Varanasi, Health, 12 Feb. 2025
Sachs plays on the discordance between his naturalistic approach and the theatricality of the project with meta elements like a quick glimpse of the crew or posed shots of the actors occasionally punctuating the conversation, accompanied by blasts of Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
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But when her latest husband, discord spirit Raksh, provokes the council’s wrath, Amina must clean up his blunder, contend with Marjana’s demands for the truth…and figure out who on her crew is plotting a mutiny.—
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Turning Point spokesperson Andrew Kolvet framed the discord as a healthy debate about the future of the movement, an uncomfortable but necessary process of finding consensus.—
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With the game tied at three in the final minutes, the noise level on the field sounded like multiple 747s were inches away from your ears.—
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Turns out, those crystal bowls and milk glass dishes—both of which made ample clinking noises—were perfect for alerting grandma that little ones were snagging candy before dinner.—
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The discordancy is so intriguing — like learning that Katharine Graham went to nude encounter sessions at Esalen, or Alan Greenspan was once in a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover band.—
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An onboard synthesizer manipulates a small set of core sounds to mimic everything from the roar of a jet plane to the flushing of a toilet through a little speaker in the Brick.—
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The people want to see Varang’s fierce roars!—
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This airflow spins the rotator through surface friction alone.—
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The sneakers have a stretchy mesh upper material that provides airflow during activity and minimizes friction, according to the brand.—
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The gift basket included items such as a rattle, books, swaddles, and a blanket, along with other essentials for new parents.—
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Silver engraving, masks, totem poles, rattles, prints.—
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After more than a century of plunder and strife, under tyrants as diverse as King Leopold II of Belgium and Mobutu Sese Seko, the present-day DRC still occupies the dark heart of the continent in much of the world’s imagination.—
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Located in the Horn of Africa, Somalia is one of the world’s poorest nations and has been beset by chronic strife and insecurity exacerbated by multiple natural disasters, including severe droughts, for decades.—
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Famed for launching Downton Abbey, the network has been courting sale interest for well over a year, but for all the industry chatter and press speculation, ITV’s silence has been stony.—
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In the case of Copeland, has noted that his name has not even been brought up within WWE, even with the online chatter.—
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“Discordance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discordance. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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