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as in contradictory
being as different as possible
they're friends despite their polar positions on a number of issues
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as in icy
having a low or subnormal temperature
a polar air mass seemed to have settled over our area in January
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Recent Examples of polar
The moment-to-moment battle action here is fast-paced and thrilling, with tight, responsive controls that feel like the polar opposite of the more deliberate attacks in a game like Elden Ring.
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Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2025
People swear by the health benefits of cold-water immersion—polar plunges, cold showers, and ice baths—but a new study found that the science is inconclusive.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 8 Feb. 2025
There was little information about the geographical and meteorological conditions in the area, and acquiring this knowledge was an essential precondition for realizing the polar strategy and thus establishing US military supremacy in the Arctic.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025
How do the polar vortex and the jet stream affect our weather?
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
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Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2025
People swear by the health benefits of cold-water immersion—polar plunges, cold showers, and ice baths—but a new study found that the science is inconclusive.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 8 Feb. 2025
There was little information about the geographical and meteorological conditions in the area, and acquiring this knowledge was an essential precondition for realizing the polar strategy and thus establishing US military supremacy in the Arctic.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025
How do the polar vortex and the jet stream affect our weather?
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polar
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The White House’s contradictory positions will be partly to blame here.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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Throughout his time on the stand, Ephron delivered lively testimony, and his contradictory statements could complicate the jury's verdict.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Her makeup, too, was equally icy, with a metallic silvery-white shadow brushed under her brow as a highlight and dramatic black eyeliner winged all the way out to the outer corner of her brows, plus a pair of light blue-gray contacts enhanced by majorly fluttery, lush lashes.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
9 Dec. 2024
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White cautioned those traveling north of Indianapolis this weekend, however, should be mindful of potentially snowier, icier road conditions.—
Christopher Cann,
The Indianapolis Star,
27 Nov. 2024
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The Gorge portrays the story of two professional operatives, played by Teller and Anya Taylor Joy, working on opposite sides of a gorge.—
Arabella Hau,
People.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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Indiana has taken the opposite strategy of Illinois: Braun signed his own executive order reflecting and supporting the president’s clampdown, quoting directly from Trump several times.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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A week-long, unusually cold Arctic outbreak is set to bring frigid conditions to most locations east of the Rockies beginning Sunday.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
15 Feb. 2025
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The myriad indignities of winter now seem too much to bear—the slushy puddles, the numb fingers, that frigid first step out of the shower—all of it interminable, day after dreary day.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
15 Feb. 2025
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Clueless owner allows manipulative, conniving GM to convince him, in the face of mountains of contrary evidence, that the head coach is the problem.—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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For such an inelegant behavior to be in chatbots as widespread and popular as GPT is a blunt reminder of two larger, seemingly contrary phenomena.—
Jonathan L. Zittrain,
The Atlantic,
17 Dec. 2024
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Kansas City officials recommend that residents keep a thin stream of water flowing from their faucets during freezing temperatures.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Feb. 2025
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The governor warned that an incoming storm would bring dangerous travel conditions and freezing temperatures, adding to an already severe situation.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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This will act to push colder air back into portions of the Lower 48 states.—
Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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First Alert Weather Day in effect across North Texas due to dangerous cold Cowboys' Zack Martin announces retirement after 11-year career With 3 superintendents in 3 years, what's next for Keller ISD?—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2025
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During the colder months, that uniform relies on a lightweight jacket to keep me comfortable on chilly LA mornings.—
Rachel Trujillo,
People.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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On West 57th Avenue in Olde Town Arvada, a handful of people with backpacks and belongings gathered in front of the library and soaked in the sun on a recent chilly morning, including one accompanied by a small dog wearing a sporty green jacket.—
John Aguilar,
The Denver Post,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Polar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polar. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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