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contradict

[kon-truh-dikt] / ˌkɒn trəˈdɪkt /


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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

“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

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

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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