How to Use in opposition to in a Sentence
in opposition to
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On the surface, the two rulings seem to be in opposition to each other.
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The Christian Science Monitor,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 June 2026
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Warsh was a Fed governor during those years before leaving the job in opposition to some of the programs being put in place, and then campaigning against them in the next 15 years.
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Francesco Canepa,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
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Such a seemingly benign move puts Ethiopia in opposition to China’s monopoly and is a rebuke of the former object of Ethiopian emulation.
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Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
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The society was founded in opposition to the modernizing reforms of the 1960s Second Vatican Council.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
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The society, known by its acronym SSPX, was founded in opposition to the modernizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
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ABC News,
1 July 2026
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The French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre had founded the ultratraditionalist SSPX in opposition to the modernizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
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ABC News,
1 July 2026
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