oxymoron
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Starting a business in retirement may sound like an oxymoron, but the idea has quite a few virtues.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
“Foreseeable future” is an oxymoron right up there with “jumbo shrimp.”
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
However, over the decades, you learn work/life balance is an oxymoron and characteristics such as integrity and loyalty are often valued but rarely useful on a spreadsheet.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
That sounds like an oxymoron: We don’t tend to expect illness or old age to create a problem in our life when we are young, but preparing for such eventualities is important.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025
On the other hand, maybe it was not an oxymoron.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
Vocabulary lists containing oxymoron
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Poetry: Literary Devices
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AP English Lit exam terms
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