juxtaposition

Example Sentences

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The juxtaposition is jarring -- and entirely normal here.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

It’s a book that, in juxtaposition to “Brats,” charts “the private, personal sort of friendship.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

A string of three defeats has led to familiar questions surrounding Borthwick's suitability to lead England amid a three-year reign of jarring juxtaposition.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

“He would say things that put things in juxtaposition because his mind just wandered in various ways.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Fittingly, it falls to me, as someone who so awkwardly carried the label, to question it now, its juxtaposition of terms—minority, student.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez