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Recent Examples of defection
Rajiv Uppal's departure follows several high-profile defections from the tax agency since the beginning of the year.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Reshoots, two competing cuts and crew defections on the first season added $75 million to the already $160 million budget.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
The blueprint passed with a mostly party-line vote, 216-214, with only two GOP defections, giving another win to Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
Originally Published: March 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM EDT
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Report: UConn men’s basketball suffers first transfer portal defection
A CT man was doing 12 shots a day.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2025
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Reshoots, two competing cuts and crew defections on the first season added $75 million to the already $160 million budget.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
The blueprint passed with a mostly party-line vote, 216-214, with only two GOP defections, giving another win to Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
Originally Published: March 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM EDT
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Report: UConn men’s basketball suffers first transfer portal defection
A CT man was doing 12 shots a day.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defection
Noun
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Throughout its engagement with the OIC, the special envoy has prioritized the protection of human rights, routinely championing the equal rights of religious minorities and opposing laws that criminalize blasphemy and apostasy.—
Arsalan Suleman,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Aug. 2017
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Whether his parents realize the extent of his apostasy isn’t clear.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Lucia accuses Maggie of desertion at one point in this week’s episode despite Maggie not actually trying to desert.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Last February, a Russian anti-war project named Get Lost, which was created to help Russia's men evade or escape conscription in Ukraine, said cases of desertion from the military had increased tenfold that year.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
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The Catholic Church faces similar challenges but so far has been able to avoid schisms by limiting the actual changes being made.—
Dennis Doyle,
The Conversation,
8 May 2025
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But as President Trump exerts near-total control over the Republican Party, and the country seems bitterly divided along partisan lines more than ever, the G.O.P. schism in Montana has attracted outsize attention.—
Will Warasila,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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But what really makes Fan Service the OTP for book and reader is Danan’s deft hand with deeper traumas — here, predominantly abandonment and bullying.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
19 May 2025
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Potential charges could include animal cruelty, abandonment, and neglect under Texas state law.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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The second major structural change involves one of the hallmarks of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to SARS-CoV-1: initial scission at the S1 furin cleavage site.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
6 May 2022
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When the nucleus ultimately disintegrates, these pieces move apart rapidly and the neck snaps quickly, a process known as scission.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2021
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This case is about love, jealousy, infidelity and money.—
Jenna Sundel
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Season 2 finds the couple becoming the talk of the town after a cast trip to Vanderpump Villa leaves Demi facing accusations of infidelity.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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The idea pushed by insurgent outfits — that Kashmir should be an independent state or join with Pakistan — has faded as Kashmiris have largely given up the idea of separatism.—
Showkat Nanda Atul Loke,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The impact of the financial crash in fueling the separatist crisis indicates the extent to which the crisis was brought about not only by historic nationalist sentiments but also by political developments unrelated to separatism.—
Omar G. Encarnación,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Dec. 2023
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Inconsistent Data Integrity Because of the name ‘artificial intelligence,’ there is a common misconception that AI is capable of original thought.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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And there's a (misconception) that these Pop Artists were having fun and being clever and not showing their soul.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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“Defection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defection. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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