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schism

[siz-uhm, skiz-] / ˈsɪz əm, ˈskɪz- /


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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

The schism in demand between AI chips and legacy semiconductors has forced STMicroelectronics to lower its guidance several times in recent years and cut jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

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

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

At any rate in our family my sons and daughter had always been as one in their thinking: such schism as there was opened between them and us, never between themselves.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya