contradiction
Example Sentences
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Nonetheless, President Lincoln decided to pragmatically sidestep the legal contradictions and agreed in the summer of 1862 to a comprehensive prisoner cartel.
Though her film is singularly witty, Kramer refuses to shy away from tough subjects and perplexing contradictions.
From Salon
In my view, there’s no contradiction because wearing ashes in public, unlike righteous acts of giving alms, fasting and praying in public, is a sign that we are sinners and in need of repentance.
It shows the city “in all its diversity, prejudices, contradictions, inequities and generosities.”
From Los Angeles Times
It sounds like a contradiction, but for Carroll, it's the difference between destiny and graft.
From BBC
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