contradiction
Example Sentences
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The contradiction feels central to her work: local and global at once, deeply rooted yet emotionally detached.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Suu Kyi has spent around two decades of her life in detention ordered by the military -- but in a striking contradiction, she is the daughter of the founder of Myanmar's armed forces.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
To resolve this contradiction, the team investigated whether there might be important differences within the bacterium itself.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
Steven J. Lockjaw, a military officer obsessed with Taylor’s revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills, overtly embodies this contradiction.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
We laughed among ourselves at the idea of “warm” jail food; it was a contradiction in terms.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing contradiction
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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You Can Say That Again: Dic and Dict
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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