opposite
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“Two AI leads. Opposite directions. Same quarter,” Augment wrote in a blog post.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Opposite number Eddie Jones insists the World Cup is not on his mind, despite suffering an early exit when in charge of Australia last time out when Wales and Fiji progressed.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
Opposite, a pair of 8-foot-tall silver torchères, made in Venice in 1762, compete with a silver and gilt altar frontal, made in Naples in 1731.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
And that makes this the Opposite Day of shutdowns.
From Slate • Oct. 1, 2025
Opposite him a spare, neat Englishman had the expressionless disapproving face of the well-trained servant.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Vocabulary lists containing opposite
Opposites Attract
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The Number System
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Common Core Grades 9–10, List 1
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