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as in refuting
to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another)
no matter what I say, you always have to contradict me
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as in denying
to declare not to be true
his account contradicted the story that they had gotten earlier
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Recent Examples of contradicting
Steven T. Dennis, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
Videos later surfaced contradicting their statements.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Last year, Michigan’s groundhog predicted an early spring, contradicting Punxsutawney Phil.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Federal and state officials have offered contradicting accounts of those videos.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2026
The group says that carveout opened a political pathway to faster access to federal records, contradicting FOIA’s requirement that agencies handle requests in a content-neutral manner.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2025
Euronews also has a mixture of seemingly contradicting witness accounts of the event, too, with some claiming the drones were downed using ballistic weapons and EW systems.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2025
And, perhaps most bafflingly, X-ray measurements sometimes imply the shocks are too weak to accelerate electrons at all, seemingly contradicting the very existence of radio relics.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Epstein separately told a journalist that Giuffre had flown on his plane and posed for a photo with Andrew, contradicting the prince’s claims of no recollection.
—Toby Meyjes, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Adjective
Also corrosive — the contradicting and quick-changing statements.
—Steven T. Dennis, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
Adapting and expanding upon a lean Don Winslow novella, Layton adds many sometimes unnecessarily complex ingredients to the pot, with characters intersecting and allegiances and motivations often contradicting one another.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
Videos later surfaced contradicting their statements.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Last year, Michigan’s groundhog predicted an early spring, contradicting Punxsutawney Phil.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Federal and state officials have offered contradicting accounts of those videos.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2026
The group says that carveout opened a political pathway to faster access to federal records, contradicting FOIA’s requirement that agencies handle requests in a content-neutral manner.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2025
Euronews also has a mixture of seemingly contradicting witness accounts of the event, too, with some claiming the drones were downed using ballistic weapons and EW systems.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2025
And, perhaps most bafflingly, X-ray measurements sometimes imply the shocks are too weak to accelerate electrons at all, seemingly contradicting the very existence of radio relics.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Epstein separately told a journalist that Giuffre had flown on his plane and posed for a photo with Andrew, contradicting the prince’s claims of no recollection.
—Toby Meyjes, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contradicting
Adjective
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Which may make his initial approach seem a bit contradictory to the expectation.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The high court typically weighs in on cases where multiple judicial circuits have contradictory rulings on the same matter, but Bill Shipley, a former federal prosecutor, believes the justices could take up the case before such a split among the appeals courts.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But the company is refuting the claims.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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On Tuesday, Cordero-Stutz’s office issued a statement refuting a recent school system memo that had said there was a deal for the Sheriff’s Office to help process outstanding bus-camera violations that had been issued before last year’s suspension but are currently stalled in court.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2026
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Authorities are increasingly denying detainees access to legal counsel and often holding them for days or weeks before allowing any phone calls to family.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Decades later, Faraci cooperated with Modrowski’s lawyer during the post-conviction proceedings and submitted two affidavits in 2019 and 2011 denying Modrowski was involved, court records show.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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However, taking high doses of zinc for a long time can have the opposite effect, weakening immunity.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
11 Feb. 2026
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Kodjoe made his Broadway debut in the 2008 revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, opposite James Earl Jones.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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Late Tuesday evening, hours after the images were released, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI detained a person for questioning in the case.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Tensions flared and the hearing sparked heated exchanges — the Democrats comparing the enforcement operations to Nazi Germany and questioning how the administration officials will be judged — the chairman at times gaveling the lawmakers back to order.—
Rebecca Santana,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In Gingles’ apartment, investigators found a letter from the DMV in Texas, dated less than two weeks before the murders, rejecting an application for a Texas certificate of title for a vehicle.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Even Republican districts are rejecting the rapid buildout of ICE detention facilities in their communities.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Drone soccer requires pilots to maneuver spherical drones through an opposing goal.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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Opponent-process theory, refined in the seventies by the psychologists Richard Solomon and John Corbit, holds that the body balances out the high of a drug with the opposing force of a comedown or a withdrawal.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Contradicting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contradicting. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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