at variance

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at variance

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idiomatic Not in accord; in a state of disagreement. Bill Clinton was elected on an untenable premise: that it is the job of the President to manage the economy. Yes, that is what we have come to expect of Presidents; but this expectation, the author argues, is punishingly at variance with anything any President can credibly deliver[.]
Similar: at odds, discrepant, discordant, dissonant

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@misc{at_variance_2026,
  title = {at variance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/at%20variance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}