as in dichotomy
someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another
the paradox of fighting a war for peace
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Recent Examples of paradox
The paradox is complicated even further by the fact that Trump himself is aware of the TACO trade.
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Remember the endurance paradox: your dog may be a sprinter at the park, but human beings are built for long-distances.
—Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 1 July 2025
The most resilient organizations were led by those leaders who understood and learned from this paradox.
—Ed Brzychcy, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Drake became an artistic paradox: visible only through his invisibility.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Remember the endurance paradox: your dog may be a sprinter at the park, but human beings are built for long-distances.
—Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 1 July 2025
The most resilient organizations were led by those leaders who understood and learned from this paradox.
—Ed Brzychcy, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Drake became an artistic paradox: visible only through his invisibility.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradox
Noun
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Attorney Chad Dunn, who is representing a group of plaintiffs in the lawsuit, said the dichotomy is evidence of political opportunism.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
14 July 2025
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Take Jean-Michel Basquiat for model, whose exploration of a repertoire of ideas was firmly rooted in ‘suggestive dichotomies’ between 1980s NYC and a panoply of heroic figures, saints, and kings that evoked Catholic Haitian traditions.—
Matthew Carey Salyer,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Noun
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The cast for the first (and only) season of the Columbo-esque mystery series also featured Randall Park, Giancarlo Esposito, Susan Kelechi Watson, Edwina Findley, Bronson Pinchot, Mary Wiseman, Julieth Restrepo, Al Mitchell, Mel Rodriguez, Ken Marino, Jason Lee and Jane Curtin, among others.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025
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Fox went on to appear in 2009's Sherlock Holmes and 2018's Christmas Survival, as well as guest starring in several British mystery television shows, including Midsomer Murders, Death in Paradise and Downton Abbey.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
15 July 2025
Noun
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That contradiction stems, in part, from our dependence on sprawl.—
Marina Bolotnikova,
Vox,
7 July 2025
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Harold himself was always fascinated by the contradictions in people.—
Nicole Krauss,
The Atlantic,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Except there’s a mystery, wrapped in an enigma, and coated in a puzzle.—
Irina Ivanova,
Fortune,
13 July 2025
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Chris Simon, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut, has been studying cicadas for 51 years and is still trying to understand how these small enigmas do just that.—
Sarah Henry,
The Courier-Journal,
8 July 2025
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Already concerned about the incongruity of having a comic yukking it up with what was happening with the AP and other outlets, the WHCA scrapped her.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2025
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Kirby’s incongruity is terrifying, so said someone much wiser than me.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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“Paradox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paradox. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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