contradict
Example Sentences
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This would appear to contradict directly the statements made during a cabinet meeting held Thursday in which Bessent said “the U.S. oil market is well-supplied.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
“President Sheinbaum doesn’t want to contradict Andrés Manuel,” said Victor Manuel Sánchez Valdés, a security analyst, referring to López Obrador, who founded the now-dominant Morena party that Sheinbaum represents.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
Just last week, body-camera footage of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of Marimar Martinez in Chicago was released, and it appeared to contradict DHS’s version of the incident.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026
"This decision is disappointing to me because it seems to contradict the spirit of the Games," she said.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each day.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
Vocabulary lists containing contradict
The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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