paradox

Sittenfeld wrote about a paradox of his time in prison: It gave him a break from the intrusive pull of his iPhone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

It was to address this paradox that the so-called Buddhist Lent campaign began in 2003, and last year it claimed more than eight million adherents.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

In California, that looks like a paradox: The state has both a shrinking number of political battlegrounds and a handful of critical races that could help decide which party controls the House.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

The "obesity paradox" refers to findings suggesting that people living with obesity may, under certain circumstances, have lower mortality rates than people with a BMI in the normal range.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

But if we examine the possible two-man races, a paradox appears.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

"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

It is a long-held tenet of the theater that the most interesting characters, like the most interesting people, are defined by their schisms and paradoxes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Mr. Miles tackles the brutal paradoxes of ecological conservation with unexpected comedic flair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Recognizing the categorical difference between occurrence and existence resolves these paradoxes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025

We’d be able to explain to them everything we know—from the adventures of Alice in Wonderland to the paradoxes of quantum physics—and they could teach us how their people view the world.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari