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duality

[doo-al-i-tee, dyoo-] / duˈæl ɪ ti, dju- /




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El-Sayed, in less charged moments, has spoken of this duality in his own life.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

There’s this bro-y side of me that I’m a little ashamed of, and I was like, “Wait, do I have this duality to me? What the heck?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Mabille's collection for haute couture week was all about getting more than you bargained for with its theme of duality.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Marked by moody, lo-fi production, the group’s intense sophomore album explores the duality of despair and hope.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Like many Eastern religions, Hinduism was steeped in the symbolism of duality.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

True to its title, its songs are full of dualities: angels and demons, grief and healing, dreams and realities, mirror images.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

That speech America Ferrera gives in “Barbie” really highlights these impossible dualities that women have to embrace.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024

The pleats contain dualities: From a distance the fabric looks hard like corrugated metal, but on the body it’s supple.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2023

She herself contains contradictory dualities and leads King to a deeper acceptance of his own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2023

Then, from about 1994, people started discovering what are called dualities: different string theories and different ways of curling up the extra dimensions could lead to the same results in four dimensions.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking


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