conflict
verb (used without object)
to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash.
was conflicting
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past progressiveof conflict.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Buzbee presented a chart to show what he said was conflicting testimony in the case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
They also said the underlying intelligence was conflicting, echoing comments from McEnany that the information in the assessment had not been “verified” because, she said without detail, there were “dissenting opinions” among analysts or agencies.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2020
For a range of other outcomes, they said that the evidence was insufficient to make conclusions, because it was conflicting or had too many methodological limitations.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 2, 2019
But she said the research on whether stop and search was linked to rising crime or not was "conflicting" and it was "really very hard" to determine.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2018
It was all very puzzling, and what little suppositional evidence there was, was conflicting.
From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Francis Lynde
