contradictory
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We wanted to peel back these contradictory layers — he wants to be pure but he has an egoic need for public glory — and show these things do battle with each other inside him.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
The legacy of those words, and of the moon missions, is as contradictory and vexing as the times in which we live.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
“This dynamic explains the seemingly contradictory combination of weak income growth, a falling savings rate, and resilient spending. It is a natural development of the aging U.S. population,” Yardeni notes.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
It may sound contradictory, but these enormous voids are filled with the vacuum of spacetime.
From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026
You neither are agreed upon the Definition of the Soul, nor on that of Matter...How furiously contradictory are these Opinions!
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing contradictory
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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Opposites Attract
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