counterintuitive
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This seems counterintuitive in the face of encouraging earnings reports from some big AI-related companies, and in some cases the good earnings news arrested the decline in the company’s stock price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
He told BBC Scotland News: "It's a bit counterintuitive but extending restrictions is actually a positive thing because it means we've got the ability to move stock freely anywhere in the country now."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Here is the part that feels a little counterintuitive: after going to the trouble of deglazing the pot, I often cook everything back down again.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
The connection is one of the most counterintuitive features of quantum mechanics and has challenged physicists' understanding of reality for decades.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Sound and light, Doppler argued, behaved according to universal and natural laws—even if these were deeply counterintuitive to ordinary viewers or listeners.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing counterintuitive
Against All Odds: Contra and Counter
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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"Marita's Bargain," Vocabulary from the essay
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