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
When Trump was asked on Monday about the apparent contradiction between his statements that the war was "very complete" and Hegseth's comments, he replied: "I think you could say both".
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
The essential contradiction between the operational methods of research laboratories and industrial factories became excruciatingly clear.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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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