as in hostile
marked by opposition or ill will
the relationship between the president and the congress should not be adversarial if anything is to get done
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Recent Examples of adversarial
Many patent trolls are backed by foreign investors, including investment entities that call China and other adversarial nations home.
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John L. Mica, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
While specialization and trade improve a country’s economic conditions, some people object when vital inputs for national defense are produced in a potentially adversarial country.
—Caleb Petitt, National Review, 10 July 2025
Vulnerabilities like model inversion, adversarial prompts and data poisoning create entry points for attackers that didn’t exist with traditional software.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
If ByteDance does not sell TikTok to someone less adversarial than a Chinese company, the app will be removed from American app stores and U.S. internet service providers will be instructed to block access to the site.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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John L. Mica, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
While specialization and trade improve a country’s economic conditions, some people object when vital inputs for national defense are produced in a potentially adversarial country.
—Caleb Petitt, National Review, 10 July 2025
Vulnerabilities like model inversion, adversarial prompts and data poisoning create entry points for attackers that didn’t exist with traditional software.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
If ByteDance does not sell TikTok to someone less adversarial than a Chinese company, the app will be removed from American app stores and U.S. internet service providers will be instructed to block access to the site.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adversarial
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Five days later, on July 8, an attorney for the city manager submitted a letter of potential claim against the city citing defamation, harassment and creation of a hostile work environment.—
Anita Edmondson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2025
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In early October 2022, the ruling said, McCarty filed a hostile work environment complaint with the police department.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
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In certain pockets, across some EU countries, this sort of geo-arbitrage or the existence of golden visas are viewed as negative, because of the view that expats can price locals out of the market for rents and cost of living.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Meanwhile, the brand that actually popularized the EV, moving it from compliance car and milk float to something desirable, has fallen even further into negative territory in July.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
22 July 2025
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“Adversarial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adversarial. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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