opposite
Example Sentences
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Tracking data showed the French-owned ship passed close to the coast of Oman on the opposite side of the waterway to Iran.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
“If you want to be serious, you don’t go around saying the opposite of what you said the day before,” Macron said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Banks control 80% of capital flows on the continent, markets 20%, the exact opposite of the U.S., says Karel Lannoo, CEO of the Centre for European Policy Studies.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
A recent Brookings Institute report, though, showed the opposite: that kids who use a lot of AI “are not thinking for themselves,” as Rebecca Winthrop, one of the study’s authors, told NPR.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026
Newton’s third law pops into your mind—actions and opposite reactions.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
