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contradictory

[kon-truh-dik-tuh-ree] / ˌkɒn trəˈdɪk tə ri /


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For Edelberg, however, a decision to hold after raising rates in September would potentially be contradictory, given the labor market -- the Fed's other mandate -- has been largely stable.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

It described the rumours on social media as "contradictory" and "factually untrue".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

This seemingly contradictory result suggests that LPC70 may help the body use available arachidonic acid more efficiently to produce prostaglandins under high-salt conditions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

In true Tove Lo fashion, the surrounding serene village made her turn to the familiar sounds of heavy club electronica, further building on the contradictory ethos that comprises “Estrus.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Simultaneous and contradictory information declared him victorious in Villanueva, defeated in Guacamayal, devoured by Motilón Indians, dead in a village in the swamp, and up in arms again in Urumita.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Consequently mutual contradictories seem to be true as seen by different persons at the same time.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

The two principles are merged in one, and the contradiction solved by an assertion of the identity of the contradictories.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce

This necessity of accepting one of the contradictories is wholly based upon the supposed impossibility of a mean; if a mean exists, that may be true, and both contradictories together false.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker

Its mathematical expres ion shows that it does not relate to contradictories.

From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Daniel Garrison Brinton

They constituted, so to say, the living synthesis of contradictories.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon


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