Thesaurus results for JUXTAPOSE

juxtapose

verb

as in to combine

formal to place (different things) together in order to create an interesting effect or to show how they are the same or different The new museum display juxtaposes modern art with classical art.

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Recent Examples of juxtapose Derry Girls, which followed teens in McGee’s native Derry in the years preceding 1998’s Good Friday Agreement, was a raucous, joke-dense show that juxtaposed mundane adolescent rites of passage with the daily horrors of life in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. —

Judy Berman, Time, 27 Feb. 2026 Written by Carter Faith, Cameron Bedell, and Seth Ennis, the lyrics juxtapose human vices with the teachings of a major religion. —

Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2026 At the sides, the artist juxtaposed the male Hebrew prophets and the female Greek and Roman sybils who were inspired by the gods to foretell the future. —

Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026 Her makeup included bold brows and a clean visage, juxtaposing her rocker chic style. —

Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for juxtapose

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Maintaining low loss becomes critical when combining many lasers.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
North Korea’s often-wild rhetoric, combined with nuclear weapons development, adds further international frictions.

— Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026