dichotomy
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"It's bohemian but it's also populated by some of the richest people in the world. It's a strange dichotomy."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
That dichotomy proved controversial because it left certain programs, like graduate-level training for nurses and physician assistants, out of the group of professions eligible for the higher limits.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
"But what we saw was a real dichotomy between the weather on both sides of the planet, and huge differences in cloud coverage, and that changes our whole picture of the planet."
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
This is a false dichotomy, which Katie Miller knows all too well.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026
The same moralistic dichotomy that Jefferson saw inside the United States between discernible heroes and villains, he also projected into the international arena.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
It doesn’t seem nearly as big as the dot-com bubble, and the dichotomies don’t seem extreme, as in the 1990s.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
In moving his antihero between Vietnam and 1970s California, home of self-obsessed good vibrations, conflicted refugees and rabid anti-communist reactionaries, Nguyen reveals a series of rich dichotomies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
That’s one of the dichotomies of Casyette’s music.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2024
Collapsing those false dichotomies is as much the role of the leader as enshrining core values, setting a strategy and inspiring action.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 30, 2023
Jefferson’s mind consistently saw the world in terms of clashing dichotomies: Whigs versus Tories; moderns versus ancients; America versus Europe; rural conditions versus urban; whites versus blacks.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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