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contradictory

[kon-truh-dik-tuh-ree] / ˌkɒn trəˈdɪk tə ri /


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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

I have come to learn that for many Maltese people, those two sentences are not contradictory.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

I saw how complicated and contradictory they could be.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The trend is also fueled by a contradictory pairing: families’ fierce desire to protect their babies and a cascade of false information infused into their social media algorithms.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

So, for Aristotle, all space is finite, all space is place, and the idea of an infinite extension is conceptually contradictory, just like the idea of a vacuum.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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