contradictoriness

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Noun
  • But the same review found that evidence on patient experience, readmissions, mortality and racial or ethnic disparities did not consistently favor Medicare Advantage.
    Eve Cunningham, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • This temperature disparity triggers a phenomenon known as the Weibel instability, which generates the magnetic fields.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 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
  • The sudden boom in credit is creating a wider divergence in competitiveness between credit markets and regular investment sales bidding activity.
    Diana Olick, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • The divergence comes down to math.
    Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Yet other, more controversial projects, exacting irreversible change to capital institutions, are facing greater opposition.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • The Armenia Alliance bloc led by former President Robert Kocharyan is hovering around 10%, while the rest of the splintered opposition remained in the mid to low single digits.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 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
  • Or was the Spurs’ low assist total a consequence of make-or-miss variance on a torrent of otherwise desirable catch-and-shoot 3-point attempts?
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • As construction continues, some neighbors are now mobilizing and plan to fight the variance at Thursday night's Lower Township Planning Board meeting.
    Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • On top of that, Knicks head coach Mike Brown was critical of the refs over the Spurs’ free-throw discrepancy of 24 to New York’s eight in the second half.
    Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 11 June 2026
  • Mothers Against Drunk Driving of Massachusetts is concerned about dangerous discrepancies that could arise.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
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“Contradictoriness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contradictoriness. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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