at odds

Idioms  

1. In disagreement, opposed. For example, It is only natural for the young and old to be at odds over money matters. This idiom uses odds in the sense of “a condition of being unequal or different,” and transfers it to a difference of opinion, or quarrel. [Late 1500s]

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Example Sentences

“I think Rhaenyra still privileges Alicent’s judgment, even when they are totally at odds with one another,” D’Arcy says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

“The data does seem at odds with the Jamie Dimon story of the world, where remote work is dead,” said Emma Harrington, an economist at the University of Virginia who studies remote work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Tuohey’s decision to walk back the voluntary decision to divest more broadly is at odds with other Ivy League schools, including Brown, Dartmouth, and Harvard.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The smiling group of eight at some point found themselves at odds with each other over their unifying prayer.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

It seems to me to be at odds with a number of passages in which Wittgenstein expresses a quite different view of science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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