contradiction

Example Sentences

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The study also resolves a long-standing contradiction about the SMC's gas.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

He is no stranger to controversy, or contradiction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Steven J. Lockjaw, a military officer obsessed with Taylor’s revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills, overtly embodies this contradiction.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

The contradiction sparked widespread global confusion at the time, with businesses and world leaders calling for clarity.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

How can we resolve this contradiction between Japan’s presumably ancient language and all that other evidence for recent origins?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond