paradoxical
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Former U.K. and Canada central banker White frets about the paradoxical relationship in the U.S. between the administration of Donald Trump and the dollar.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026
"These results also provide a potential explanation for how stimulants treat hyperactivity, which previously seemed paradoxical," Dosenbach added.
From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025
Matthiessen was this way, too, and his dizzying life and brilliantly varied work were the paradoxical outcomes of what was, as he put it, his “dream of simplicity.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
In the end, the paradoxical title "I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki" may, in fact, be another way of saying, "I want to live."
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
Every time the calculations were properly done, the paradoxical answer emerged that the crystals could not grow at anywhere near the observed rates.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
