discordance

Example Sentences

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Something that creates the tension of discordance, but that feels like there is a sense of some kind of completion, even if it is like a bit of a sub-chapter.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

Testing for apoB rather than LDL-C could identify people who are at high risk due to this discordance.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024

Ms. Garrels’s editors in Washington were watching television and asked her if she wanted to revise her story, given the discordance between her words and the televised images.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2022

The discordance between symptoms and test results may seem scary, but it’s a promising sign that the vaccine has effectively fortified the immune response.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2021

I pounded my unease into the keys, hoping the discordance would drive him away, but he held on.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago