opposite

Example Sentences

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"When the team is so tight and shifts to one side, the ball has to go quickly to the opposite side and we were so slow to go to the opposite side."

From BBC

Conversely, for men, fatherhood comes with the opposite effect.

From Salon

After examining a vast global database of biodiversity surveys covering marine, freshwater, and land ecosystems over the past century, the team found the opposite trend.

From Science Daily

However, the updated analysis finds the opposite trend.

From Science Daily

Journalists crammed onto the sidewalk by the neatly clipped hedgerows opposite the private street leading to the residence, to the bemusement of passing joggers and delivery drivers.

From Barron's