as in opposites
something that is as different as possible from something else
the new administration had promised peace and prosperity, but what we got was the obverse: war and recession
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opposites
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In yet another sweeping tale of two opposites finding common ground (and a lot of chemistry), Robert Redford starred as a hunter opposite Meryl Streep's aristocrat in what is now Kenya in the 1930s.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025 -
Speed and inclusion are not opposites.—
Rathi Murthy,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Obverses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obverses. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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