contradictory
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“This dynamic explains the seemingly contradictory combination of weak income growth, a falling savings rate, and resilient spending. It is a natural development of the aging U.S. population,” Yardeni notes.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
When challenged about its apparent contradictory position to diplomacy when applied to its own conflicts, Pakistan has said that it tried years of talks that did not yield the security it needed.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Sondheim’s were instead tamed by his art, Okrent suggests, which shaped his “textured, contradictory, troubling, and gratifying life.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
It may sound contradictory, but these enormous voids are filled with the vacuum of spacetime.
From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026
Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing contradictory
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