paradoxical
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That could be a paradoxical problem in of itself.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Former U.K. and Canada central banker White frets about the paradoxical relationship in the U.S. between the administration of Donald Trump and the dollar.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026
But, he said, there was a paradoxical element of hope in the fact that white sharks were turning up for sale.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
Matthiessen was this way, too, and his dizzying life and brilliantly varied work were the paradoxical outcomes of what was, as he put it, his “dream of simplicity.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
It appeared to me increasingly paradoxical, and it has been my experience that when paradox crops up too often for comfort, it means that certain factors are missing in the equation.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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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