as in opposites
formal + technical
something that is formed by inverting something else
the inverse of your argument
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opposites
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The Broncos and Raiders are, at the moment, football opposites.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026 -
Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg — ideological opposites — famously attended the opera together.—
Steven Sloan,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Inverses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inverses. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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