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schism

[siz-uhm, skiz-] / ˈsɪz əm, ˈskɪz- /


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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

The principal schism, he said, was between the haves and the have-nots.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

It would no longer be a simple trans-Atlantic disagreement, but a new schism within the West.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

The schism was to last over eighty years.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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