dichotomy
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"It's bohemian but it's also populated by some of the richest people in the world. It's a strange dichotomy."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
"But what we saw was a real dichotomy between the weather on both sides of the planet, and huge differences in cloud coverage, and that changes our whole picture of the planet."
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
This is a false dichotomy, which Katie Miller knows all too well.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026
While that dichotomy can be confusing to some on TikTok, it fits together in Kempczinski’s effort to drive as much traffic as possible to restaurants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Another supposed dichotomy that becomes blurred in reality is a distinction between food producers as active managers of their land and hunter-gatherers as mere collectors of the land’s wild produce.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
It doesn’t seem nearly as big as the dot-com bubble, and the dichotomies don’t seem extreme, as in the 1990s.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
That’s one of the dichotomies of Casyette’s music.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2024
“There are no dichotomies in his world,” Arocena said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024
Oh, and I do have one final question: Doesn’t the Christian quadrilateral protect us from the false dichotomies you imply?
From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
The alleged controversy is as bogus as other catchy dichotomies such as nature versus nurture and America: Love It or Leave It.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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