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.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
  • Usually, the zoning commission limits all the speakers in opposition to an agenda item to seven minutes total.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
  • One juror remained in opposition to the majority and said that further deliberations would not change their mind, according to the note.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
  • For all the talk of lineage, Be Sweet to Me is fundamentally about carving out space not in opposition to her family name, but outside of it.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 6 July 2026
  • 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.
    — Francesco Canepa, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Such a seemingly benign move puts Ethiopia in opposition to China’s monopoly and is a rebuke of the former object of Ethiopian emulation.
    — Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Formed in opposition to 20th-century reforms, SSPX has long maintained ties to Europe’s far right, and has grown its US footprint in recent years.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 2 July 2026
  • The society was founded in opposition to the modernizing reforms of the 1960s Second Vatican Council.
    — ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • The society, known by its acronym SSPX, was founded in opposition to the modernizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
    — ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre founded the SSPX in 1970 in opposition to the modernizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
    — ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • The group’s founders opposed reforms French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre founded the SSPX in 1970 in opposition to the modernizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • The French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre had founded the ultratraditionalist SSPX in opposition to the modernizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
    — ABC News, 1 July 2026

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