increasing friction
Frequency: 6.89.2 per million words
Refers to a growing level of disagreement.
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- There is increasing friction between the sales and marketing teams over budgets.
- We are seeing increasing friction with our suppliers as lead times slip.
- The merger has caused increasing friction among the board members.
- Diplomatic missteps resulted in increasing friction between the two countries.
- An unclear chain of command has become a source of increasing friction in the project.
- Policies were revised amid increasing friction across departments.
- If left unaddressed, increasing friction could derail the negotiations.
- Customer complaints about delays are creating increasing friction with the support team.
- He tried to mediate, but the rumors only led to increasing friction in the office.
- The CEO acknowledged the increasing friction and called for open dialogue.