contradictory conclusion

collocation in English

meaningsofcontradictoryandconclusion

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contradictory
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.tər.i/
us
/ˌkɑːn.trəˈdɪk.tɚ.i/
If two or more facts, pieces of advice, etc. are contradictory, they are very different from ...
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conclusion
noun
uk
/kənˈkluː.ʒən/
us
/kənˈkluː.ʒən/
the final part ...
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(Definition ofcontradictoryandconclusionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Can he say how he has reached the apparentlycontradictoryconclusionthat this statement does not, and will not, infringe academic freedom?
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I think that the reasons advanced so far do not necessarily lead to acontradictoryconclusion.
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Then he jumped to acontradictoryconclusion.
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These contradictory conclusions raise concerns regarding these data sets.
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Sometimes also the editors juxtapose arguments for contradictory conclusions in different papers.
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It states that the system does not support contradictory conclusions.
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Arguments are said to be rebutting if they have contradictory conclusions.
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The existing studies using the gravity model - the main conceptual framework to estimate potential trade flows - came to contradictory conclusions.
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The absence of quantitative or empirical evidence in research often encourages scholars to jump to less responsible or contradictory conclusions.
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Of course, in many cases there exist legal rules which substantiate contradictory conclusions.
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This happens when default rules support contradictory conclusions.
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Contemporary biologists, geneticists and anthropologists were engaged in wide-ranging research on race, often reaching contradictory conclusions.
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This definition is consistent with the view that organizational performance has many dimensions, for which seemingly contradictory conclusions can be reached.
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Probably—in this case almost certainly—there were equally distinguished expert witnesses on the other side drawing different conclusions and sometime entirely contradictory conclusions.
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It has been a field day for the economists who have presented us with such a dazzling array of sometimes contradictory conclusions.
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It has been a field day for the economists, who have presented us with a dazzling array of often contradictory conclusions.
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Furthermore, if those different processes came to contradictory conclusions, the promoter might have to start again.
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Medical and scientific experts often reach contradictory conclusions.
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