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This second rationale is discomfiting because it appears to target speech on the basis of its content, which is rarely permitted under the First Amendment.

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2025

Not exactly comfort food, given how much of what happens is discomfiting, but deeply satisfying.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2023

But it is discomfiting that U.S. cultural institutions, with their proud traditions of free and diverse speech, would think it right to compel statements by leading artists and athletes.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

My experience as a historian of mass killing tells me that everything worth knowing is discomfiting; my experience as a teacher tells me that the process is worth it.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2021

It is discomfiting to stand in front of a man whose face is distorted by rage and know that one’s own face must look much the same.

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2018