contradiction
Example Sentences
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That seeming contradiction makes it a very Everything Is Terrible idea.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Suu Kyi has spent around two decades of her life in detention ordered by the military -- but in a striking contradiction, she is the daughter of the founder of Myanmar's armed forces.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Such contradiction is not unusual in China's top-down system, Ma says.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
To explore this contradiction, researchers analyzed 196 overnight recordings from 44 healthy adults.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
If there was mystery or contradiction in a friend, Leon took the long view and found a benign explanation.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing contradiction
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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You Can Say That Again: Dic and Dict
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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