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Recent Examples of dialectical
The movie is strangely, unusually dialectical within itself—composed of many layers that don’t coalesce or connect but reflect off one another and generate tension.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Kirsh sets the tone for the brainier side of this episode via two of this episode’s punchier scenes — ones where the dialectic dialogue really pops.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Some are building chatbot therapists trained on dialectical behavior therapy.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
One of the ways Gomez supports her mental health these days is through DBT (dialectical behavior therapy), a kind of talk therapy that helps a patient focus on mindfulness, emotional regulation and distress tolerance.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Kirsh sets the tone for the brainier side of this episode via two of this episode’s punchier scenes — ones where the dialectic dialogue really pops.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Some are building chatbot therapists trained on dialectical behavior therapy.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
One of the ways Gomez supports her mental health these days is through DBT (dialectical behavior therapy), a kind of talk therapy that helps a patient focus on mindfulness, emotional regulation and distress tolerance.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialectical
Adjective
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Manpreet Gill, regional chief investment officer for Europe, Africa and the Middle East at Standard Chartered, said the bank’s proprietary signals show both metals in overbought territory.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Decades later, National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions remains a gold standard for Arctic exploration, with deep regional expertise across Svalbard, Greenland, Arctic Canada and the Northwest Passage.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Maintaining hydration during nonstandard work hours is crucial for good health and minimizing the adverse effects of circadian rhythm disruption.—
Pamela Assid,
Verywell Health,
5 Nov. 2025
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WindBorne also plans to use live flight data to allow its weather balloons to autonomously avoid planes, even if planes are flying at a nonstandard altitude, according to the company’s statement.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
21 Oct. 2025
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The city of big apples, hand-tossed pizzas and the colloquial adverb deadass.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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This time around, our Traitors and Faithfuls are a beautiful assortment of Housewives, Survivors, athletes, actors, and plenty of mothers — both literal (Donna Kelce) and in the colloquial sense (Porsha Williams).—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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Prime Video / Getty Images The film Sliding Doors was released in 1998, with the phrase ‘Sliding Doors moment’ now commonly used in English vernacular.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Built between 1929 and 1938, the residence reflects Plunkett’s mastery of California vernacular architecture.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Dialectical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialectical. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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