How to Use exact opposite in a Sentence

exact opposite

noun

• Basically the exact opposite of how they’re portrayed in Rings of Power.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
• And told his team to do the exact opposite against the Aztecs.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2024
• Then, later the same day, the same Mike Pence said the exact opposite.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 June 2023
• But this lightweight creamy balm is the exact opposite (in the best way).
  — Bianca Lambert, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
• The meeting did the exact opposite of what Noyes had hoped.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
• Dalio had been doing the exact opposite for the better part of a decade.
  — Rob Copeland, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023
• But none of that stopped them from writing the exact opposite in the abstract.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2023
• The very thing that’s supposed to help, is doing the exact opposite.
  — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
• The girls in my class who were called kawaii usually had big eyes and a straight nose, the exact opposite of my own face.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 May 2023
• Not what the Fed wants to see Any uptick in inflation is the exact opposite of what the Fed wants to see, Daco added.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 24 Feb. 2023
• All in all, the cut has a flowing effect - the exact opposite of the many layered cuts that have gone through the roof in recent months.
  — Melanie Paukner, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2023
• In other words, Texas’ starters have been the exact opposite of their July selves.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2023
• And by itself, a deal with Riyadh risks doing the exact opposite.
  — Maria Fantappie and Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2023
• The investment memo is almost the exact opposite of a sales pitch.
  — Ilya Strebulaev and Alex Dang, TIME, 22 May 2024
• If your child tests out a bad word, Dr. Brown says parents should do the exact opposite of this challenge—and ignore it.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 9 Feb. 2024
• The two years that followed, according to the Sandersons, were the exact opposite of what Leigha had dreamed about as a little girl.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
• UConn routs UConn’s path to the final has been perhaps the exact opposite of a nail-biting last-second shot.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2023
• The caffeine in coffee does the exact opposite job of melatonin.
  — Courtney Southwick, Health, 23 July 2024
• The setting is open and light, the exact opposite of the bank-vault dankness of last season’s Armory Show at the Javits Center.
  — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 2 May 2024
• Solo that should’ve been longer Most people would say the exact opposite.
  — Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
• This character is the exact opposite of all those things.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 13 June 2023
• If George was a man who aspired to be part of the establishment, Rosset was the exact opposite.
  — Thomas Harding, Town & Country, 29 Aug. 2023
• The start of this set was basically the exact opposite.
  — Paul Albani-Burgio, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
• The result was the exact opposite of his reason for getting into the batter’s box.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 27 Aug. 2023
• Those who reside below the equator will experience the exact opposite: the least amount of daylight and the shortest day of the year.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
• The Wings went on a power play at 5:10, but instead of using it to build momentum, the exact opposite happened.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2023
• So while a pause in hikes would have been done to provide some breathing space for troubled banks, the reality could have been the exact opposite.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• For the exact opposite vibe, stick around for Bachelor in Paradise, where horny 20-somethings cry in bikinis and tiny shorts.
  — James Grebey, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2023
• That is the exact opposite of what Earthsight’s second output claimed.
  — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
• Although Andy Cohen thought the actor might have felt envious of his twin's project, Dylan felt the exact opposite.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024