paradoxical
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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
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
This result is clearly paradoxical for two reasons.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
It’s paradoxical that an ordinary man like Nemur presumes to devote himself to making other people geniuses.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
