as in hostile
marked by opposition or ill will
the relationship between the president and the congress should not be adversarial if anything is to get done
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Recent Examples of adversarial
Sub-second block intervals demand tighter synchronization across the network, and the protocol’s behavior under sustained high-load, adversarial conditions remains largely untested.
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Tomer Niv, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
The risks presented by adversarial capital and the siloing of information are just two opportunities for the kind of public-private collaboration that could protect our biotech industry.
—Eric Schmidt, Time, 29 May 2025
On the other side is Turkey, which in recent years has adopted an increasingly adversarial stance toward Israel, and which this week signed a security alliance with Syria and Jordan.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
Recognizing the United States’ vulnerability to a rising and adversarial China, during his first term, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders to secure greater resilience across mining exploration, extraction, refining, production, and recycling.
—Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025
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Tomer Niv, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
The risks presented by adversarial capital and the siloing of information are just two opportunities for the kind of public-private collaboration that could protect our biotech industry.
—Eric Schmidt, Time, 29 May 2025
On the other side is Turkey, which in recent years has adopted an increasingly adversarial stance toward Israel, and which this week signed a security alliance with Syria and Jordan.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
Recognizing the United States’ vulnerability to a rising and adversarial China, during his first term, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders to secure greater resilience across mining exploration, extraction, refining, production, and recycling.
—Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adversarial
Adjective
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That’s coupled with a more hostile political environment for diversity-forward businesses.—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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The crowd was right on top of you there, the students rimmed the court, the very definition of a hostile environment.—
Jim Calhoun with Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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Despite all the negative attention the movie received, Johnson did not appear concerned with the long-term impact of Madame Web while speaking with the L.A. Times.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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There also exist aspects of their past which would become political fodder in the hands of any opponent’s negative campaign.—
Judith Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 June 2025
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“Adversarial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adversarial. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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