paradoxical
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However paradoxical it may seem, it has a directly measurable effect on the atomic cloud that the photon traverses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
This dynamic highlights the core problem with the era of the celebrity reporter, one of the most paradoxical developments in modern political media.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
There is no better illustration of Shanghai’s paradoxical place in modern Chinese history than a museum in the city’s Xintiandi district.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
At a time when nostalgia for the ’90s is seemingly everywhere, “My Bad” places the decade into context, including its paradoxical freedoms and oppressions, with the intimate, funny rough language of your freakiest, funnest bestie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
The feeling, a paradoxical mix of pulsing energy and profound peace, was intense and blissful.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Vocabulary lists containing paradoxical
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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Opposites Attract
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"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe
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