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as in paradox
someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another
a loving father as well as a ruthless killer, the gangster is a living contradiction
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as in denial
a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement
the actress's contradiction of the marriage rumor caused quite a stir
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Recent Examples of contradiction
One of the many contradictions of the Trump era is that he is both pilloried in the media, but also given a pass and graded on a curve at the same time.
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Recent political events supply many examples of the apparent contradiction.
—Susan Greene, National Review, 16 July 2025
The contradictions tend to focus on: Bank vs fintech.
—Ron Shevlin, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
That contradiction stems, in part, from our dependence on sprawl.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 7 July 2025
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Recent political events supply many examples of the apparent contradiction.
—Susan Greene, National Review, 16 July 2025
The contradictions tend to focus on: Bank vs fintech.
—Ron Shevlin, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
That contradiction stems, in part, from our dependence on sprawl.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contradiction
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This scenario is the business travel paradox: your most eager travelers are often your most vulnerable.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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To settle the potato paradox, Zhang and his colleagues amassed more than 120 genomes from dozens of species spanning the potato, tomato, and Etuberosum groups and tried to piece together a narrative.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
31 July 2025
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The denial cited documentation that the nickname was used to refer to New York decades before Batman was created.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
24 July 2025
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Judge Robin Rosenberg, in her denial of that petition, said that an unrelated ruling in 2020 by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court does not have the power to unseal grand jury records in instances not covered by the criminal procedure rule.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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Still on a minutes limit, Brink played 12 minutes, registering two steals and three blocks, including a monster rejection on the All-Star Williams in the fourth quarter.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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The protesters gathered in response to the Senate's rejection of two resolutions introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an Independent, to block an arms deal to Israel.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Contradiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contradiction. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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