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contradiction

[kon-truh-dik-shuhn] / ˌkɒn trəˈdɪk ʃən /


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But if there’s anyone who can make contradiction look like reinvention, it’s Madonna.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

Back to the recluse thing: There’s a funny contradiction in that you’re also the heartthrob in Radiohead.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

This apparent contradiction became known as the black hole information paradox.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

Nor are the formerly enslaved Americans who forced the nation to confront the grotesque contradiction between slavery and constitutional liberty.

From Slate Jul. 2, 2026

Well, I was and yet I was invisible, that was the fundamental contradiction.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

"The contradictions in the literature were largely because scientists were comparing systems at different effective pressures or densities without realizing it."

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

The tension in these tracks are the binding agent for Jane’s fan base — the music is full of contradictions and incompatibilities smashing together that just feel like being young right now.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

By the time Prohibition was repealed in 1933, America was left not sobered, but hungover by its own contradictions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Clark’s entire speech was a bundle of contradictions.

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

The official ideology abounds with contradictions even where there is no practical reason for them.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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