contradiction
Example Sentences
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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
The study also resolves a long-standing contradiction about the SMC's gas.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
Steven J. Lockjaw, a military officer obsessed with Taylor’s revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills, overtly embodies this contradiction.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
“That in itself is a contradiction in terms. No one could possibly be nice in a den like this.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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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