strange paradox
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstrangeandparadox
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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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(Definition ofstrangeandparadoxfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This results in thestrangeparadoxthat as risks become increasingly unknowable and incalculable, formalised systems for assessing and managing risks grow.
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As the analogy between the missionary collections and conscious recollection instructs, it partakes in astrangeparadox.
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I come now to what has always seemed to me to be astrangeparadox.
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On the question of security generally, there is thisstrangeparadox.
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That was astrangeparadoxfor a democracy.
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There is astrangeparadoxabout getting older.
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It then seemed to be astrangeparadox—what appeared to be a serious failure was also described as a success.
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Can he explain thestrangeparadoxwhich appears to exist at the heart of government policies?
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And, indeed, a moment's reflection suggests astrangeparadox.
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We in this country are faced, indeed the world is now faced, with astrangeparadox.
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In this particular realm of human activity we have astrangeparadox.
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It is astrangeparadoxthat 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 astrangeparadox.
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In this age of affluence there is astrangeparadox.
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I should particularly like to draw your attention today to female entrepreneurship, for it is astrangeparadox.
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What is the explanation of thisstrangeparadox?
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We have astrangeparadoxat 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 astrangeparadoxthat the more cases we have to try.
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It would be astrangeparadox, would it not, if we were found, in the end, to be the odd man out?
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It would seem astrangeparadoxto 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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