paradox
Example Sentences
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This idea helps resolve a long-standing paradox in evolutionary science.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
This may seem like a paradox at first blush.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
That is the paradox at the heart of the current trans-Atlantic debate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
There is a cruel paradox at the heart of all this.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
It was a paradox, and Bull Meecham could take anything with more equanimity than paradox.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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