the opposition
noun
: a person or group that someone is trying to defeat or succeed against : a person or group that someone is competing with
The coach advised her team not to underestimate the opposition.
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Lee Jae-myung, the opposition leader who is leading presidential polls, on Monday visited a start-up that develops artificial intelligence chips, pledging to ease regulations with aggressive investments in the AI industry.
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Joyce Lee, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Tottenham gifting the opposition goals has plagued their season.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Syrians say what was for years the opposition flag is now an embodiment of the hardships of the revolution and the joy of their newfound freedoms.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2025
But the opposition movement has yet to produce a mass mobilization like the Women's March in 2017, which brought thousands of women to Washington, D.C., after Trump's first inauguration, or the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that erupted in multiple cities after George Floyd's killing in 2020.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2025
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Joyce Lee, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Tottenham gifting the opposition goals has plagued their season.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Syrians say what was for years the opposition flag is now an embodiment of the hardships of the revolution and the joy of their newfound freedoms.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2025
But the opposition movement has yet to produce a mass mobilization like the Women's March in 2017, which brought thousands of women to Washington, D.C., after Trump's first inauguration, or the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that erupted in multiple cities after George Floyd's killing in 2020.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2025
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“The opposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20opposition. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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