opposite

Example Sentences

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Dealing with deficits, whether through slashing spending or raising taxes, would have the opposite effect.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

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

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

She’s trying to make me question things I know are right, the same way Jonah did every time we were on opposite sides for a debate in history class.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison