the contrary
noun
: an opposite or different fact, event, or situation
He was sure his sister had made a mistake, but the contrary was true: she was right and he was wrong.
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On the contrary, the guy doesn’t sleep.
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 3 June 2026
But nothing has changed his view to the contrary since, even as the mega-cap tech stocks spend more and more on AI and concerns rise about a dotcom-bubble like environment.
—Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 2 June 2026
Quite the contrary, the former Ubuntu Theater’s trademark is risk-taking.
—Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
That had long been the perception behind the scenes and, once Newcastle’s Champions League exit was sealed at the Camp Nou in March, any public pretence to the contrary evaporated.
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 29 May 2026
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 3 June 2026
But nothing has changed his view to the contrary since, even as the mega-cap tech stocks spend more and more on AI and concerns rise about a dotcom-bubble like environment.
—Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 2 June 2026
Quite the contrary, the former Ubuntu Theater’s trademark is risk-taking.
—Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
That had long been the perception behind the scenes and, once Newcastle’s Champions League exit was sealed at the Camp Nou in March, any public pretence to the contrary evaporated.
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 29 May 2026
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“The contrary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20contrary. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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