conflicting
adjective
con·flict·ing
kən-ˈflik-tiŋ 
: being in conflict, collision, or opposition : incompatible
conflicting theories
Examples of conflicting in a Sentence
conflicting reports from the witnesses at the scene
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Iran’s 85-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has mocked Trump, but officials in his country also have offered conflicting signals over whether negotiations could take place.
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
This principle holds for both the great peace accords of history, such as those that followed World War II, and the smaller settlements, such as Italy and Yugoslavia’s resolution of their conflicting claims to Trieste.
—G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2025
As the events of the 1830s indicated, competing social groups and conflicting interests would continue to battle over postal policy and, implicitly, control over the nation’s information network.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
Nigeria’s hollow democracy Nor do conflicting African and American values get resolved, melded into a best-of-both-worlds fusion of beliefs.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
This principle holds for both the great peace accords of history, such as those that followed World War II, and the smaller settlements, such as Italy and Yugoslavia’s resolution of their conflicting claims to Trieste.
—G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2025
As the events of the 1830s indicated, competing social groups and conflicting interests would continue to battle over postal policy and, implicitly, control over the nation’s information network.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
Nigeria’s hollow democracy Nor do conflicting African and American values get resolved, melded into a best-of-both-worlds fusion of beliefs.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for conflicting
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“Conflicting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conflicting. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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