antithesis

Example Sentences

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Because skipping songs on a player was a hassle, most people sat with cassette albums as a track-by-track, linear journey, the antithesis to the algorithmic, shuffle-centric playlists ubiquitous on today’s streaming platforms.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Some noncoastal ad firms as a result are more aggressively pitching themselves as the friendly antithesis to faceless, famous agencies, now embracing rather than apologizing for their lack of metropolitan elitism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

“That is the antithesis of how we invest. We are underweight AI and data-center stocks.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

Small-town independent theaters are the antithesis of the movie-theater corporatization that has exacerbated our national loneliness.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

This poet ate his salad with his fingers, leaf by leaf, while talking to me about the antithesis of nature and art.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath