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contradiction

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


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To explore this contradiction, researchers analyzed 196 overnight recordings from 44 healthy adults.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Steven J. Lockjaw, a military officer obsessed with Taylor’s revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills, overtly embodies this contradiction.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

The contradiction sparked widespread global confusion at the time, with businesses and world leaders calling for clarity.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Jean doesn’t try to explain away the contradiction.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 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




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