as in hostile
marked by opposition or ill will
the relationship between the president and the congress should not be adversarial if anything is to get done
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Recent Examples of adversarial
Jena Griswold, Colorado’s Democratic secretary of state, has come to see the federal government as adversarial to elections and election administration, rather than a partner.
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Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2026
Spain, the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy, has been less adversarial toward China than other EU countries in recent years.
—ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Information-sharing by US AI companies about adversarial distillation echoes a standard practice in the cybersecurity industry, where firms regularly swap data on attacks and adversaries’ tactics as a way to strengthen network defenses.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
As a result, the system continued to function effectively despite the presence of adversarial behavior, demonstrating the framework’s potential to improve resilience in real-world applications, according to a press release.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
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Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2026
Spain, the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy, has been less adversarial toward China than other EU countries in recent years.
—ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Information-sharing by US AI companies about adversarial distillation echoes a standard practice in the cybersecurity industry, where firms regularly swap data on attacks and adversaries’ tactics as a way to strengthen network defenses.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
As a result, the system continued to function effectively despite the presence of adversarial behavior, demonstrating the framework’s potential to improve resilience in real-world applications, according to a press release.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adversarial
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These Knicks still need to close the Hawks out in hostile territory in Game 6.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Extreme recovery conditions The Asse II mine presents a uniquely hostile environment.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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According to Newsweek, the overall score was composed of 80% from survey results, and 20% from social listening analysis, which analyzed media coverage and online discussion to assess whether public sentiment was positive, neutral or negative.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The contest aims to challenge negative stereotypes of seagulls, which are often seen as a nuisance, by imitating them, per local network WTV.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Adversarial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adversarial. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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