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The musical still dwells on their intergenerational and intersectional discords — albeit this time with upbeat numbers, disco balls and dance breaks in the multipurpose room of their local Jewish Community Center.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2023

Do you arbitrate these touchy discords between cohabitants on a frequent basis?

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2020

Author Christopher Caldwell traces the origins of today’s deep discords to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963.

From Washington Times • Jan. 24, 2020

Rather worryingly, musically speaking, the queasiest stuff – the discords and the lurching, seasick strings – are reserved for the obsessive music fan, rather than, say, the murderer.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2010

Deep within him his metallic diaphragm vibrated in soft discords.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov