paradoxes
Example Sentences
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"Slavery and segregation have been strange paradoxes in a nation founded on the principle that all men are created equal."
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
A book club is filled with a hundred little paradoxes: They want to learn but not be lectured to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Recognizing the categorical difference between occurrence and existence resolves these paradoxes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
One of the paradoxes of songwriting is that it can be fiendishly difficult to craft something that sounds effortlessly simple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Rowing is, in a number of ways, a sport of fundamental paradoxes.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
