conflict
verb (used without object)
to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash.
have conflicted
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present perfectof conflict.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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However, some of Musk’s decisions have conflicted with the reasons that journalists, governments and others rely on Twitter as an information-sharing platform.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Prosecutors said McGonigal also lied about his travel destinations and interactions with foreigners on forms he was required to complete and took actions that appear to have conflicted with his government duties.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
The U.S., he said, failed to understand that tribal ties might cause the Afghan soldiers to provide false intelligence or have conflicted allegiances.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
Do you have conflicted feelings about the Academy Award nomination you got for supporting actress for “Fearless”? You talked recently about how the Academy never invited you back to the ceremony.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
Now Caesar's birthday fell on July twelfth and the day before that, July eleventh, would have conflicted quite as much with the festival of Apollo.
From Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus by Herbert Baldwin Foster
