as in contradictory
being as different as possible
love is antipodal to hate
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Recent Examples of antipodal
Today, even after seven decades of technological improvements, these antipodal routes still require at least one stopover in hubs such as Singapore, Dubai, Los Angeles, or Dallas.
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David Szondy
june 02,
New Atlas,
2 June 2026
These aren’t the only reasons Americans have renewed excitement about this antipodal safe haven.
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Christopher Cameron,
Robb Report,
11 Sep. 2025
The requirements call for at least 18,000 miles of bicycling and for riders to cross two antipodal points — in Wilcox's case, Madrid, Spain, and Wellington, New Zealand.
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Scott Detrow,
NPR,
18 Sep. 2024
But the realities of the stage did not match the ideals of his imagination until his encounter with the work of the man who, by any other standards, would have seemed his antipodal foil.
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Jesse Green,
New York Times,
28 Nov. 2023
These two antipodal scenarios hold distinct implications for where Io’s volcanism ultimately emerges on the moon’s surface.
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Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
20 Nov. 2023
Morris intervenes both too little and too much, but the movie somehow still hits a sweet spot in the happy medium of those antipodal failings.
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Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2023
That leaves us with just the upper semicircle and two antipodal points — one at each end of the semicircle.
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Steve Nadis,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Jan. 2023
As a leader, Hankin was antipodal to Schulman in almost every respect.
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Ariel Bleicher,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Mar. 2013
David Szondy
june 02,
New Atlas,
2 June 2026
These aren’t the only reasons Americans have renewed excitement about this antipodal safe haven.
—
Christopher Cameron,
Robb Report,
11 Sep. 2025
The requirements call for at least 18,000 miles of bicycling and for riders to cross two antipodal points — in Wilcox's case, Madrid, Spain, and Wellington, New Zealand.
—
Scott Detrow,
NPR,
18 Sep. 2024
But the realities of the stage did not match the ideals of his imagination until his encounter with the work of the man who, by any other standards, would have seemed his antipodal foil.
—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
28 Nov. 2023
These two antipodal scenarios hold distinct implications for where Io’s volcanism ultimately emerges on the moon’s surface.
—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
20 Nov. 2023
Morris intervenes both too little and too much, but the movie somehow still hits a sweet spot in the happy medium of those antipodal failings.
—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2023
That leaves us with just the upper semicircle and two antipodal points — one at each end of the semicircle.
—
Steve Nadis,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Jan. 2023
As a leader, Hankin was antipodal to Schulman in almost every respect.
—
Ariel Bleicher,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Mar. 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antipodal
Adjective
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Decision-makers, overwhelmed by contradictory data points, quietly revert to gut instinct and historical bias.
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My will is scattered, directed toward many contradictory things, and easily distracted.
Adjective
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Nearby, Rosemary LaPlanche, the 1941 Miss America winner, is poised on the opposite side of the couch from the two senators.
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There was another car on the opposite side of the road with major front-end damage.
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“Antipodal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antipodal. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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