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juxtapose

[juhk-stuh-pohz, juhk-stuh-pohz] / ˈdʒʌk stəˌpoʊz, ˌdʒʌk stəˈpoʊz /


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"Like, the rebel I am, I love to juxtapose," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The high-stakes moment was captured over three days in Lancaster, chosen for a vast watercolor sky and purple-tinged earth that juxtapose with the turmoil on Rue’s face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The effect of the metanarrative is to juxtapose Byron’s violent passions with the careful, repressed behavior of one who hoped to capture him in literature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

That inspired Juson to juxtapose the humanity of Black people against the words that sought to dehumanize them.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024

The entries would juxtapose the mundane thrill and confusion of being a young girl with the terror of living with Danny.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

This year's exhibit juxtaposes elegant fashion looks with paintings and sculpture: think a Saint Laurent design next to Van Gogh's "Irises", or a John Galliano gown for Maison Margiela paired with an antique statue.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

This show juxtaposes paintings and works on paper by that master with those by the younger artist, who was born in 1993, probing the ways he channels the former’s creative bounty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

In his sophomore feature, Fabbro, who previously directed the 2021 romantic thriller “The Grand Bolero,” juxtaposes the quiet grace of Igor’s modest life with the cacophony and commercialism of contemporary truffle auctions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025

In an show of narrative justice, the documentary juxtaposes Tim’s righteous monologues against the Vietnam War and social inequality with scenes of Guibert and their son celebrating milestones in his absence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025

Goldstein repeatedly juxtaposes nouns and pronouns in the first and third person: that child... me; she.../... herself; I... someone else.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Video of these rattling sets, juxtaposed against Pop-A-Shot games, swiftly made the rounds on social media.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

In the film, Orban's words are juxtaposed with interviews with around 20 figures across 14 of Hungary's 19 counties, from the south to the north-east.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

Meanwhile, the other dwelling, named Casa Bahia, is more contemporary, having been built in 2015 as a “modernist structure” that is uniquely juxtaposed with its tropical surroundings.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 14, 2026

In many ways, they are fundamentally juxtaposed to each other.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025

The city owes its ultramodern look to the French colonial buildings that are juxtaposed with the dingy, soot-covered ground-level houses.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Rosi’s artistry grasps the limitations of being a long-term guest, visually juxtaposing the ancient and elemental, busts and people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

This show examines how her output responded to and influenced her teachers and contemporaries by juxtaposing her art with works by Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Motherwell, Isamu Noguchi, Peter Voulkos and others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

So juxtaposing that line with footage of the adult Yellowjackets being threatened with evidence of their shared past — again — could be a misdirect.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2025

The morning show also played a viral clip of typically silent Barron speaking, juxtaposing it with a clip of him as an eight-year-old.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024

By juxtaposing the pieces of paper against each other and overlapping one color with another, one can almost produce every shade of color.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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