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These dispatches were quick flashes of absurdity, many of them lasting just a bit more than a minute.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2025 -
One banking outage: how US paychecks could be affected The absurdity of the situation struck a chord with Reddit users, who responded with both concern and comedy.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Luxury Prices: From Costs to Value Luxury goods have always presented a paradox.—
Benjamin Voyer,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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This year, the King holiday and the presidential inauguration fall on the same day — a paradox that civil rights leaders say underscores the nation's deep divide.—
Axios,
Axios,
18 Jan. 2025
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The incongruity of profit maximization was brought to public attention in the UK recently, as the scale of river pollution from water utility companies becomes ever more apparent.—
Aissa Dearing,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Jan. 2025
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The incongruity between Buckley’s lapidary political views and his untidy appearance was simply too much for the letter writer to square.—
Andrew Ferguson,
National Review,
19 Dec. 2024
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The irony is striking—the man who built his political brand on confronting China now fights to resurrect one of its most effective tools for gathering American data.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The irony of this moment in U.S. history is that while U.S citizens view immigration and the economy as their most pressing issues – carrying out anti-immigration plans will stall and harm the U.S. economy, and in turn, reduce quality of life.—
London School of Economics,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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This is where a big contradiction comes in: if Americans buy fewer foreign cars, tariff revenue goes down.—
Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
19 Jan. 2025
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This dichotomy between Bitcoin and Monero might actually represent the natural evolution of the cryptocurrency ecosystem rather than a contradiction.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Like Disco Elysium, there is a peculiarity to Phoenix Springs whose world is inspired by our own, features many of the same objects and similar kinds of locations, yet diverges in enough unsettling ways to feel deeply confounding.—
Lewis Gordon,
The Verge,
7 Oct. 2024
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These themes will seem familiar to fans of shows like Schitt’s Creek: acceptance, self-love, the peculiarities of a small town, feeling seen, finding community.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2024
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The Illinois dichotomy underscores the dangers of reflexive opposition to school choice.—
Juan Rangel,
Twin Cities,
22 Jan. 2025
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This temperature difference aligns with models that suggest that the dichotomy originated from internal forces.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Illogicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogicality. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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