contradiction

Example Sentences

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As a magazine obsessive growing up in the heyday of print media, I always associated the new year with a publishing-world contradiction: the January issue.

From Salon

This created a puzzling contradiction between theory and physical behavior.

From Science Daily

That does, however, reveal a bit of a contradiction in Monday’s market reaction.

From Barron's

If, by one of football's familiar contradictions, Real Madrid end up lifting silverware, we will reach the same conclusion we always do.

From BBC

What exactly "running the country" actually means is unclear, but the pledge represents an abrupt change of course for the president, rife with contradictions and daunting obstacles.

From BBC