the opposition

noun

: a person or group that someone is trying to defeat or succeed against : a person or group that someone is competing with
The coach advised her team not to underestimate the opposition.

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But superstars can do that, especially when the opposition has no way of clamping down on their output. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 The leading character in the political brouhaha over the tax is Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google and one of the richest men in the world, who has lobbed more than $100 million into the opposition campaign from an out-of-state perch. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 And what really stokes the opposition comes from people's wallets. — John Shumway, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 And nobody thinks that Gadi Eisenkot, the opposition leader, is going to even dismantle the outposts or anything. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the opposition

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“The opposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20opposition. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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