appose

Example Sentences

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Last week, the department of fisheries and oceans confirmed the dire state of sockeye when it warned only 600,000 were expected to spawn this year, as apposed to the normal return of five million.

From The Guardian

“We want to have people see the downtown from the river as apposed to seeing the river from downtown.”

From Washington Times

Just wish he would appose #brexit for an Xmas gift for the UK.

From BBC

“These toys learn and develop as appose to a tech toy which will always say the same thing back to you.”

From Reuters

In this sense, the Art of Fugue and the St. Matthew Passion were, for the evolving organism of human thought, feathered wings, apposing thumbs, new layers of frontal cortex.

From Literature