paradoxical
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Jorge Luis Borges, for instance, who began translating Kafka in 1938, was attracted to the labyrinthine nature of the stories, which, Ms. Hruska writes, combine the paradoxical qualities of “brevity and endlessness.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
"At first glance, that seems paradoxical," Gualdani said.
From Science Daily • May 10, 2026
The market’s more recent angst, however, is somewhat paradoxical.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
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
This is a black hole, an object so paradoxical that some scientists believe that black holes can be used to travel faster than light—and backward in time.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing paradoxical
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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Opposites Attract
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"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe
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