antithetical
Example Sentences
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“That’s antithetical to what everyone is asking for.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
“Options and futures now allow people to gamble on the price without actually being involved in the blockchain, which is antithetical to what BTC was intended for.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 7, 2026
“No Kings” is both a moral and a political claim that tyranny must be antithetical to American values.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026
“Antisemitism is dangerous, antithetical to California values, and must not be tolerated in any California classroom, regardless of whether Jewish pupils are present in that classroom,” the preamble to the bill said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2025
Why was it so hard for designers to understand that being fashionable was not antithetical to being modest?
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Vocabulary lists containing antithetical
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