opposite

Example Sentences

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Tracking data showed the French-owned ship passed close to the coast of Oman on the opposite side of the waterway to Iran.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“If you want to be serious, you don’t go around saying the opposite of what you said the day before,” Macron said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Banks control 80% of capital flows on the continent, markets 20%, the exact opposite of the U.S., says Karel Lannoo, CEO of the Centre for European Policy Studies.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Properties such as density, heat capacity, viscosity, and compressibility respond to temperature and pressure in ways that are opposite to what scientists see in typical substances.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

“That emphatically does not do what it’s supposed to do, ever. It’s always marching in the opposite direction of the rest of your head.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse