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Katie Stockton, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
In other words, despite its seeming departure from Maine’s binary logic, the Second World was really a slice of the non-West that, contrary to expectations, embraced an explicitly secular and modernizing agenda: socialism.
—Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025
In addition to the huge hit on property owners in the form of new and higher costs, the mindless push to eliminate natural gas appliances as an option for consumers and businesses runs contrary to common sense.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 31 Mar. 2025
Mohun Bagan Under-17s 5-0 Mohammedan Sporting Under-17s, at the Mohammedan Sporting Ground, Kolkata (Christian Letourneau/The Athletic)
Outside India, the idea that such a thing might exist — that Indian football might be the sort of thing that has a home — runs contrary to stereotype.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Katie Stockton, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
In other words, despite its seeming departure from Maine’s binary logic, the Second World was really a slice of the non-West that, contrary to expectations, embraced an explicitly secular and modernizing agenda: socialism.
—Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025
In addition to the huge hit on property owners in the form of new and higher costs, the mindless push to eliminate natural gas appliances as an option for consumers and businesses runs contrary to common sense.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 31 Mar. 2025
Mohun Bagan Under-17s 5-0 Mohammedan Sporting Under-17s, at the Mohammedan Sporting Ground, Kolkata (Christian Letourneau/The Athletic)
Outside India, the idea that such a thing might exist — that Indian football might be the sort of thing that has a home — runs contrary to stereotype.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contrary to
Preposition
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Bondi had publicly instructed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Mangione and has commented on the case on social media and in television appearances.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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The former lottery pick did not play in the biggest game of the regular season, the season finale against the Los Angeles Clippers, which caused many to question his future in San Francisco.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
Preposition
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An obstructionist Supreme Court, however, stood athwart the New Deal’s path.—
John Fabian Witt,
The New Republic,
26 Aug. 2022
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One of the world’s largest container ships was wedged athwart the Suez canal on March 24th, apparently blown off course by high winds.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
24 Mar. 2021
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