contrary

Example Sentences

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From Salon

Some Wall Street analysts are insisting that April — contrary to its label as the cruelest month — is actually one of the better months for the U.S. stock market.

From MarketWatch

She scoured the room, her tiny claws clacking across the floor—which, contrary to the clacking, looked like undulating water beneath her feet.

From Literature

On the contrary, women came to the pastors’ defense.

From The Wall Street Journal

In her ruling, she said the government's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was "likely both contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious."

From Barron's