juxtaposition

Example Sentences

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The juxtaposition is jarring -- and entirely normal here.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

It’s a book that, in juxtaposition to “Brats,” charts “the private, personal sort of friendship.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

“He would say things that put things in juxtaposition because his mind just wandered in various ways.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

"Obviously, if you're saying really funny things, but trying to have a serious conversation, that can be quite a difficult juxtaposition," she says.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Zero dwells at the juxtaposition of quantum mechanics and relativity; zero lives where the two theories meet, and zero causes the two theories to clash.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife