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contradiction

[kon-truh-dik-shuhn] / ˌkɒn trəˈdɪk ʃən /


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Tim Higgins examines the contradiction at the heart of one of the world’s leading AI companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

If that seems like an impossible contradiction, welcome to the mid-2020s, where reality seems increasingly like dystopian science fiction mixed with an especially opaque John le Carré spy thriller.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

That contradiction is at the heart of the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

But lawyers for the families of the victims said the Government's attempt to withhold the information, through a Public Interest Immunity application, was in "contradiction" to statements made after the attack.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The lighthearted ironies she might have deployed among her friends deserted her in his presence, and she heard her own voice become thin when she attempted some docile contradiction.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

If your profile says you studied computer science in one place and art history in another, that inconsistency stands out, and these models are good at catching contradictions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Whatever happens, the contradictions in the Vance household aren’t going away.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

But it turned out to be a weak case, one that falls apart under the weight of its own contradictions, omissions, and leaps of illogic.

From Slate Aug. 7, 2026

The tensions of keeping the industry of Hollywood at arm’s length while warmly embracing all the contradictions of the city of Los Angeles have long animated him.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

The gene, Schrödinger posited, had to be made of a peculiar kind of chemical; it had to be a molecule of contradictions.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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