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conversely



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Lumumba's relatives conversely maintained that the time is ripe for a long-overdue legal reckoning.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

"For example, if at first proteins A and B are separate, adding caffeine brings them together; conversely, if proteins A and B start out together, adding a drug like rapamycin can cause them to dissociate."

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

Dos Santos, conversely, spent the preseason implementing an aggressive possession-based attacking game.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Eager to protect their own profession, male practitioners—from physicians to male midwives—portrayed women as ignorant and sure to do harm or, conversely, possessed of “dangerous” knowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Or, conversely, the android could be regarded as a highly developed, evolved version of the ersatz animal.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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