contradictoriness

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Noun
  • Yet despite decades of progress, gender disparities remain stubbornly persistent.
    Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • That’s an even bigger disparity than the 24-8 one the Spurs had in the second half of Game 3, which drew the ire of New York head coach Mike Brown.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • In fact, the German scholar Winfried Fluck, in a study of the Americanization of global culture, credited Americans’ dissimilarities with the dominance of its popular culture.
    Lily Rothman, Time, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Their results support the hypothesis that limiting trait similarity allows the establishment of non-native parakeets at the local scale by reducing competition with native species due to trait dissimilarity.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In his new book, Ethnic Studies at the Crossroads, Black studies scholar George Lipsitz contextualizes the state of ethnic studies as existing at a similar juncture of collision and divergence.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • Although a sharp drop in high-income consumer sentiment suggests macro volatility may eventually affect everyone, the current spending divergence remains highly quantified.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Sacramento Councilmember Karina Talamantes, whose district is directly adjacent to the project, has remained steadfast in her opposition to the development, urging the county to further delay the vote until a new supervisor is elected to replace Phil Serna, who is championing the project.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
  • Lukwago is a former mayor of the Ugandan capital of Kampala and the president of the People's Front for Freedom opposition group.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • Next, there’s Fernet Branca, similar in intensity to Green Chartreuse but with an opposite polarity.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 30 May 2026
  • One key to Bad Mary’s persistence in the American mind can be found in the temperamental polarity that first drew Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln to each other.
    Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Residents who have received warnings or notices of violation under the ordinance have 60 days to apply for a variance.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
  • Initially, Kramer’s proposal required a density variance from the city to allow 26 townhomes to be built.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • The pair also urged the clinic to disclose any discrepancies in parentage.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
  • Single Arm Dumbbell Row Another horizontal pulling variation, the dumbbell row, challenges your single-arm strength and stability and helps correct any strength discrepancies between the two sides.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 17 June 2026
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“Contradictoriness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contradictoriness. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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