Thesaurus results for PARADOXES

paradoxes

noun

plural of paradox

as in contradictions

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 paradoxes Issues explored here are the racist roots of American real estate, the rise of the civil rights movement, the price paid by radicals who risk their personal safety for a cause, and the paradoxes of gentrification. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 Her account opens with an acute examination of the paradoxes of willing (an example of how boldly this memoir follows its philosophical interests). — James Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Yet, one of leadership’s great paradoxes is that slowing down enough to invest in people is often what ultimately enables teams and organizations to move faster. — Michael Corvini, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 That transformation captures one of the paradoxes at the heart of the history of waste. — Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 Along the way, Halliwell tackles some of the field’s deepest paradoxes. — Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026 Among the paradoxes inherent in our unique health care system is the observation that American health care is the best in the world, and also the most complicated and costly. — Matt Soper, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2026 The argument about finances produced one of the hearing’s central paradoxes. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 Hinduism is a narrative religion; its mercurial wisdom is lightened and sweetened by stories, softened by ambiguities, sharpened by paradoxes. — Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026

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The researchers needed a way to join the rims without creating such contradictions.

— Alex Stone, Quanta Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
So now Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, with all its contradictions and challenges, is PleasrDAO’s problem.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of contradictions

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But now, a trail of breadcrumbs strewn across multiple states has led investigators to consider whether the two mysteries have always been intertwined.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
But genuinely funny moments are rare, badly outnumbered by done-to-death musings regarding the mysteries of being alive and torturous melodramatic moments in which Klara dully absorbs the severity of Josie’s illness and Chrissy’s sorrow.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of mysteries

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The movie sanitizes the past and removes its tang, its pungency, leaving a craving for contact with nature, with raw experience, with incongruities and accidents and anything but what fits, in lieu of such synthetic sophistication.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2026
Both shows attempted to offer a perspective on authentic Italian style, with Milan's incongruities as an underlying theme.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of incongruities

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PBHs could help resolve other enigmas, too, for instance by acting as seeds for the rapid growth of supermassive black holes in the early universe.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Its findings could also unlock clues about dark energy and dark matter, and some of the universe’s biggest enigmas.

— Denise Chow, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of enigmas

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Farnaby’s work on projects like Paddington 2, Wonka and Ghosts well captures these kinds of dichotomies.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
One of the most persistent false dichotomies in tech policy is the belief that protecting users, particularly minors, requires invading their privacy.

— Erin Mote, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of dichotomies

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