paradox
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This is the paradox at the heart of the current moment.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
Chemotherapy brought the first meaningful progress against leukemia, but it also exposed a defining paradox of cancer care.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
This idea helps resolve a long-standing paradox in evolutionary science.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
There is a cruel paradox at the heart of all this.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
But the life of a class at the top of the bottom can be, and more often than not is, subject to irony, paradox, and the crisis of compromise.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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