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contradict

[kon-truh-dikt] / ˌkɒn trəˈdɪkt /


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Bennu's boulder-covered surface appeared to contradict those earlier measurements, leaving researchers with a puzzling question: How could an asteroid covered in massive rocks cool so quickly?

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Upbeat spending is particularly remarkable because it seems to contradict downbeat consumer sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Rosval, trying to build kitchens in which creativity and humane working conditions reinforce, rather than contradict, one another.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

In Compernolle’s view, the recent selling could still easily reverse if upcoming economic data contradict Wednesday’s strong S&P manufacturing data.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

“Two hours,” he said with a grim certainty, as if defying the workers to contradict him.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Dr. Jan Schönig at Göttingen University's Geoscience Center explains: "Finding this change from hot to cold subduction was unexpected as this contradicts our current thermal models of subduction zones."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

What’s absolutely fascinating, and totally on-brand, is how Marsh contradicts, criticizes and updates himself between the various books.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

This contradicts Judge Crenshaw’s conclusion, as he found that email communications between McGuire and the DOJ suggested there was some level of coordination between the two.

From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2026

AFC remains committed to creating a professional, supportive, and safe environment for all recruits, the Army told us, and "any suggestion otherwise contradicts the values of respect and inclusivity that we stand for".

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

“What you’re saying contradicts what I see and hear every day in my company,” said Ziegfried, a tall, bald-headed German who worked as senior manager for a large German electronics company in Johannesburg.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

The advisers’ positive outlook, however, was somewhat contradicted by their concern regarding specific policy risks.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

She danced and sinned and regretted and atoned, and then contradicted herself by doing it all over again.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

Mickelson hired Tom Clare, a top defamation attorney, who said video evidence contradicted the allegations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Judge Emeka Nwite, who presided over the case, said the evidence presented against them was "neither shaken nor contradicted during cross examination".

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Whatever it was, it contradicted the very feeling of safety that had conjured the thought of him to start with.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

“Where even, contradicting ideas held together at the same time is often just interesting, at the very least, and then you can sort of finesse interesting into funny, at a certain point.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Two of the supervisors realized Mason’s filing contained major errors, such as contradicting the trial record by asserting one witness never visually identified Johnson as the shooter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

In March, Jefferies analyst Surinder Thind said he’d seen no evidence of a recovery in customer appetite, directly contradicting management’s upbeat commentary.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

Nevertheless, it was striking that this trial has not just been about Musk against Altman - there has been a barrage of voices contradicting the claims of the world's richest man.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

Della Porta must have realized that he was contradicting himself.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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