1
as in resistance
the inclination to resist
most of the opposition to the proposed smoking ban is coming from bar owners worried about its impact on their businesses
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as in oppositeness
the quality or state of being as different as possible
her actions stand in direct opposition to her words
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Recent Examples of opposition
Best performance by an opposition player This is not a direct answer, but Yankuba Minteh had an outsized influence on Newcastle’s season.
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George Caulkin, New York Times, 29 May 2025
The army still supports him, and the Venezuelan opposition is more divided than a year ago, when all major opposition figures supported Machado’s presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
High-ups from the then opposition Labour party held talks with Shein in an attempt to woo the company as Labour prepared to oust the incumbent Conservative government at last year’s U.K. General Election.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Data taken before Friday’s fixture showed that, on average, Bentancur makes 5.3 interceptions per 1,000 opposition touches, which is more than any other midfielder with a minimum of 900 minutes in the Premier League this season.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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George Caulkin, New York Times, 29 May 2025
The army still supports him, and the Venezuelan opposition is more divided than a year ago, when all major opposition figures supported Machado’s presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
High-ups from the then opposition Labour party held talks with Shein in an attempt to woo the company as Labour prepared to oust the incumbent Conservative government at last year’s U.K. General Election.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Data taken before Friday’s fixture showed that, on average, Bentancur makes 5.3 interceptions per 1,000 opposition touches, which is more than any other midfielder with a minimum of 900 minutes in the Premier League this season.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opposition
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Orozco’s stickers of abstraction posed the question of whether abstraction—denigrated to its lowest possible level—could now serve as a last sign of resistance and redemption from the totalitarian conditions of reification.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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June is a month of celebration, remembrance and resistance for New York City’s LGBTQ+ community.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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Several Republicans have already expressed objections to the legislation as approved by the House.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 June 2025
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Maryland parents fight for right to opt kids out of LGBTQ+ school materials The school case surrounds parents’ objections in Maryland to books with LGBTQ+ characters that Montgomery County Public Schools, which is based in the Washington metro area, added to its curriculum in 2022.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Despite the radical polarity—or, rather, the empty center—on which Anna is built, her character is given unity and continuity by Curtis’s performance.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 May 2025
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Some of the text messages read in court on Wednesday displayed the extreme emotional polarity of the couple’s relationship.—
Julia Jacobs,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Where and how this divergence occurred was a mystery, until the remains of a person from 7,100 years ago were found in Yunnan, China, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2025
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This divergence is shaping up to be a central theme in the larger AI race.—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
19 May 2025
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“Opposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opposition. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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