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juxtapose

[juhk-stuh-pohz, juhk-stuh-pohz] / ˈdʒʌk stəˌpoʊz, ˌdʒʌk stəˈpoʊz /


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"Like, the rebel I am, I love to juxtapose," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The effect of the metanarrative is to juxtapose Byron’s violent passions with the careful, repressed behavior of one who hoped to capture him in literature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

I'd say, "Just put this rough stuff out and juxtapose it to some interesting images that you shoot on your cell phone."

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2024

She finds absurd photos on the internet to juxtapose with canonical paintings that happen to be similar.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

If we could only juxtapose one eyeball of this sanctified woman and a television tube, both being roughly of the same shape and design, what a phantasmagoria of exploding electrodes would occur.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Ms. Celenza juxtaposes this history with that of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” by James Weldon Johnson, composed in 1900.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

This year's exhibit juxtaposes elegant fashion looks with paintings and sculpture: think a Saint Laurent design next to Van Gogh's "Irises", or a John Galliano gown for Maison Margiela paired with an antique statue.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

This show juxtaposes paintings and works on paper by that master with those by the younger artist, who was born in 1993, probing the ways he channels the former’s creative bounty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

In an show of narrative justice, the documentary juxtaposes Tim’s righteous monologues against the Vietnam War and social inequality with scenes of Guibert and their son celebrating milestones in his absence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025

Goldstein repeatedly juxtaposes nouns and pronouns in the first and third person: that child... me; she.../... herself; I... someone else.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

This is on top of a previous £10.5m investment shared by the three English sites with juxtaposed border controls.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Video of these rattling sets, juxtaposed against Pop-A-Shot games, swiftly made the rounds on social media.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

The spokesperson said it’s understandable for reporters to ask questions about the conflicts, “but out of fairness, it should be juxtaposed by the fact that there’s been no indication of favorable treatment.”

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

In many ways, they are fundamentally juxtaposed to each other.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025

The smell of home juxtaposed with the sweaty, breathless odor of desperation and the taste of rust in my mouth.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

Suozzi and Moolenaar kicked off the 2020 NPB with a running shtick — juxtaposing their backgrounds.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

This show examines how her output responded to and influenced her teachers and contemporaries by juxtaposing her art with works by Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Motherwell, Isamu Noguchi, Peter Voulkos and others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

The posts include archival images going as far back as the 1930s, juxtaposing photos of a city block or building with some from the current day, illustrating just how much things change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025

So juxtaposing that line with footage of the adult Yellowjackets being threatened with evidence of their shared past — again — could be a misdirect.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2025

“They are now juxtaposing their typical day against this new feeling, what it feels like to not have cortisol going through the roof,” he says.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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