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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
contradict .
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Examples
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McCain contradicts himself so much that I bet he doesn't even know who he is.
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And there are a great many areas where the “official” account of things just plain contradicts what really happened.
Think Progress » Breaking: Rove Meeting With Special Prosecutor About Leak Case 2006
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Calling into question what he said, which the evidence contradicts, is not treasonous, rather it is patriotic because it shows that as an American you using your right s and responsibilities to ensure that we continue to have responsible government.
Think Progress » Embedded TIME Reporter: Bush Lied In Speech Yesterday About Iraqi Security Forces 2005
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If you express doubt, your expression contradicts its content, for the doubt itself is not doubted but affirmed.
A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy William James 1876
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The expression contradicts itself; that which can be common is always of small value.
Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872
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Realism and anti-realism no more contradict each other than Einstein's theory of relativity in German contradicts Einstein's theory of relativity in Chinese
Atheist Ethicist 2009
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As ESPN reports the call contradicts a previous statement that Meyer had checked himself in the hospital.
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The thing that puzzles our souls about radiation poisoning is the way the very word contradicts its message.
Archive 2007-11-01 Adam Roberts Project 2007
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The thing that puzzles our souls about radiation poisoning is the way the very word contradicts its message.
Radiation Adam Roberts Project 2007
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Erick talks excitedly about his recent trip to Disney World, but his blank, emotionless facial expression contradicts his mood and puzzles his conversation partners.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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