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strange paradox

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meanings of strangeand paradox


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strange
adjective
uk /streɪndʒ/ us /streɪndʒ/
unusual and unexpected, or difficult ...
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paradox
noun[C or U]
uk /ˈpær.ə.dɒks/ us /ˈper.ə.dɑːks/
a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts ...
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Examples of strange paradox


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This results in the strangeparadox that as risks become increasingly unknowable and incalculable, formalised systems for assessing and managing risks grow.
As the analogy between the missionary collections and conscious recollection instructs, it partakes in a strangeparadox.
I come now to what has always seemed to me to be a strangeparadox.
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On the question of security generally, there is this strangeparadox.
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That was a strangeparadox for a democracy.
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There is a strangeparadox about getting older.
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It then seemed to be a strangeparadox—what appeared to be a serious failure was also described as a success.
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Can he explain the strangeparadox which appears to exist at the heart of government policies?
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And, indeed, a moment's reflection suggests a strangeparadox.
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We in this country are faced, indeed the world is now faced, with a strangeparadox.
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In this particular realm of human activity we have a strangeparadox.
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It is a strangeparadox that what began as a great economic project is not proving to be economically viable.
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I could not, however, overlook the fact that we were discussing a strangeparadox.
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In this age of affluence there is a strangeparadox.
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I should particularly like to draw your attention today to female entrepreneurship, for it is a strangeparadox.
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What is the explanation of this strangeparadox?
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We have a strangeparadox at the moment between our external and our internal position.
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The lower we go down the scale of judicial responsibility it is a strangeparadox that the more cases we have to try.
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It would be a strangeparadox, would it not, if we were found, in the end, to be the odd man out?
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It would seem a strangeparadox to encourage political development one day, bringing in the resulting local political responsibility, while not conceding any responsibility locally to supervise inward industrial development.
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