as in contraries
something that is as different as possible from something else no matter what I say, you insist on the opposite
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Recent Examples of opposites The rhetoric of diplomatic negotiation can often speak in opposites. —
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026 Science and art are often held up as opposites — the logical and analytical versus the creative and emotional, the domain of the left brain hemisphere versus the right, the yang versus the yin. —Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026 Trapping opposites in one cage In their study, the researchers focused on a tool called a Paul trap, a workhorse of modern physics. —Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026 Etiquette neither knows nor cares who is generous and who is stingy, and indecisive and rude are not opposites. —Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026 Sparks and bullets fly when these opposites are partnered to track down a billion-dollar cache of deadly opioids stolen from the vault of a multinational pharmaceutical company that threaten to flood the streets of Chicago. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026 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 His collections were poised between seemingly impossible opposites, essential and super sexy at the same time (recall the advertising campaigns of the time, starring a young Kate Moss, dressed only in a pair of jeans). —Valentina Bottoni, Vanity Fair, 13 Mar. 2026
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026 Science and art are often held up as opposites — the logical and analytical versus the creative and emotional, the domain of the left brain hemisphere versus the right, the yang versus the yin. —Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026 Trapping opposites in one cage In their study, the researchers focused on a tool called a Paul trap, a workhorse of modern physics. —Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026 Etiquette neither knows nor cares who is generous and who is stingy, and indecisive and rude are not opposites. —Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026 Sparks and bullets fly when these opposites are partnered to track down a billion-dollar cache of deadly opioids stolen from the vault of a multinational pharmaceutical company that threaten to flood the streets of Chicago. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026 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 His collections were poised between seemingly impossible opposites, essential and super sexy at the same time (recall the advertising campaigns of the time, starring a young Kate Moss, dressed only in a pair of jeans). —Valentina Bottoni, Vanity Fair, 13 Mar. 2026
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reverses
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Most of those came on reverses or other wide runs.— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Opposites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/opposites. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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