contradict
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The calming locales both complement and contradict the plot’s revelations, which are hardly bombshells but do speak to how well-to-do families labor to shove inconvenient skeletons into the closet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Israeli officials say the deal’s security annex doesn’t contradict their freedom of action against emerging and developing threats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The retailer called the plaintiffs’ argument “fatally flawed,” adding, “Plaintiffs’ own sources contradict it, the regulations of the U.S.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
First, revenues across the AI ecosystem have surged, which seems to contradict the bears’ worries about data-center profitability.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
Dell Duke didn't contradict her because Mai was so convincing that he now half believed her story.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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“Death via organ donation” directly contradicts this principle, which is why it remains a concept that exists solely in the realm of academic exploration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
And then there’s the human cost of war — the central theme of the film, and one that Wilson says contradicts Homer’s poem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The other says it contradicts civil rights laws.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
It sounds like Justice Alito’s opinion contradicts the reality on the ground.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
“It almost contradicts itself,” she says after a moment.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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He also at points contradicted statements he had made during past news conferences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The advisers’ positive outlook, however, was somewhat contradicted by their concern regarding specific policy risks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
She danced and sinned and regretted and atoned, and then contradicted herself by doing it all over again.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
And, more troublingly, Marina’s belief that he died in 1987 is contradicted by relatives, who insist that it was five years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The problem was that nearly all the fossil evidence contradicted this, and suddenly in the nineteenth century there was a lot of fossil evidence.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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In March, Jefferies analyst Surinder Thind said he’d seen no evidence of a recovery in customer appetite, directly contradicting management’s upbeat commentary.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
That decision, cutting short the process and contradicting his earlier assurances of due process, shocked Mr. Khan’s own staff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
In 1974, Stephen Hawking showed that black holes radiate heat and can eventually evaporate, apparently erasing all information about what fell into them — contradicting the quantum principle that evolution must preserve information.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
Nevertheless, it was striking that this trial has not just been about Musk against Altman - there has been a barrage of voices contradicting the claims of the world's richest man.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Lyddie nodded, so as not to seem to be contradicting their mother out loud.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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Vocabulary lists containing contradict
The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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