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as in apostasy
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as in desertion
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Recent Examples of defection
There were reports for a decade that his defection was imminent and even an erroneous report by a major outlet that a defection had happened.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Part of that might be due to defections of teams to the new Crown Basketball Tournament, which is expected to have teams from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2025
This is essential because Johnson’s razor-thin majority allows for almost no GOP defections.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
By focusing on trust, addressing silent defection, and deploying AI judiciously, CCOs can turn challenges into opportunities.
—Blake Morgan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defection
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Throughout its engagement with the OIC, the special envoy has prioritized the protection of human rights, routinely championing the equal rights of religious minorities and opposing laws that criminalize blasphemy and apostasy.—
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Whether his parents realize the extent of his apostasy isn’t clear.—
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The figure includes deaths, debilitating injuries—and desertions, nearly 10 percent of the total.—
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Death in a hail of bullets has been used to punish mutinies and desertion in armies, as frontier justice in America’s Old West, and as a tool of terror and political repression in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.—
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But Trump’s return to power has also laid bare a schism between the Left and the more pragmatic party leadership.—
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Of course, there is now a clear schism among the major firms Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale are fighting.—
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Volunteers advocate for children who have been removed from their home from either abuse, abandonment or neglect.—
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Over the past week, the attorneys laid out their case that childhood abuse by his father and an uncle left Ramos battered and traumatized, while his mother’s departure for Singapore to find work resulted in powerful feelings of abandonment.—
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The second major structural change involves one of the hallmarks of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to SARS-CoV-1: initial scission at the S1 furin cleavage site.—
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When the nucleus ultimately disintegrates, these pieces move apart rapidly and the neck snaps quickly, a process known as scission.—
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Nader reportedly ended things due to suspecting Savchenko of infidelity.—
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Not this evil man blaming Tracy for his infidelity!—
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Meanwhile, China will take all necessary measures to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and firmly oppose 'Taiwan independence' separatism and external interference.—
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There was a shining optimism to its sound, which mixed funk with the ecstasy of gospel, a little rock and a touch of psychedelia — as well as a vision of community and brotherhood that stood out in a period of political separatism.—
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Duchovny hopes the episode will debunk misconceptions and shine a spotlight on the experts who weighed in.—
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Dispensing care that dispels misconceptions about non-communicable diseases The Mafemera family in Mutoko, a rural area in northeast Zimbabwe, tried many ways to alleviate 12-year-old Isheanesu’s asthma.—
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“Defection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defection. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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