contradictory
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Political experts argue that messages that seem contradictory to a candidate’s background, as well as drowning voters with incessant ads, can be jarring and off-putting to the electorate.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Good to hear, and we hope no one is hiding any contradictory details.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
I have come to learn that for many Maltese people, those two sentences are not contradictory.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026
Sheinbaum said Mexico's respective trade agreements with the EU and the US were "not contradictory."
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
This apparently contradictory object turned Brunelleschi’s drawing, almost magically, into such a good likeness of the three-dimensional Baptistery building that it was indistinguishable from the real thing.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing contradictory
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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Opposites Attract
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