paradox

Example Sentences

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This may seem like a paradox at first blush.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

That is the paradox at the heart of the current trans-Atlantic debate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

There is a cruel paradox at the heart of all this.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The Jevons paradox suggests that would drive up AI-model adoption and thus lead to more demand for memory.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

She’d talked of the paradox at the core of her being, and the curse of knowing one’s enemies too well to be able to hate them.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor