contradictoriness

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Noun
  • As of late, more creators have been speaking out about this disparity.
    Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Advocates argue retained physical advantages still created disparities female athletes could not overcome through training alone.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 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
  • Talking about them provides a way into the points of connection and divergence that shape our relationships.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • Federal Reserve Bank of New York research shows that the expiration of pandemic-era subsidies for low- and middle-income households created a noticeable divergence in 2023.
    Sarah Agostino,Greg Iacurci,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Developers have canceled at least 20 data centers in the first three months of this year due to local opposition.
    Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • But as word of the project spread, opposition in the community of Blackhoof Township quickly mounted.
    Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Still vehicle electronics can be damaged from reverse polarity, poor or wrong connection points or voltage spikes from improper equipment.
    Hartford Courant, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • Annual budget cycles built around predictable per-license costs cannot absorb that variance.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • That statistical variance was not lost on Toronto coach Sandy Brondello.
    John Davis, Daily News, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Fitzhugh said some results, such as discrepancies in upper-level education or men working more labor-intensive jobs and therefore reporting more physical activity, were fairly intuitive.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
  • Nothing gets past Alicia, though, who notes the discrepancy in her confessional.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 18 May 2026
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“Contradictoriness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contradictoriness. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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