as in contradictory
being as different as possible
the convincing yet antipodean arguments presented by the two speakers left many members of the audience unsure of which side to support
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Recent Examples of antipodean
Later, the same man sent me a sticker book full of antipodean animals.
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Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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In the days since the raid, the White House has offered a mess of contradictory plans and rationales.—
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But the sheer amount of it can be difficult to keep up with, and sometimes the guidance can be downright contradictory.—
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Robots—and the people who build them—have the opposite problem.—
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Today, however, the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction.—
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Supernatural beliefs, conspiracy theories and pseudoscience have struck researchers as totally impervious to contrary evidence.—
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In India, over 2,000 years ago, Lyra was seen as a heavenly vulture, as contrary as that sounds.—
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“Antipodean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antipodean. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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