contradictory report

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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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report
noun[C]
uk
/rɪˈpɔːt/us
/rɪˈpɔːrt/
;
a teacher's written statement to parents about a child's ability and performance ...
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As regards the action of insulin on oocytes, there exist contradictory reports concerning its effect on nuclear maturation.
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Whether these contradictory reports reflect differences in housing and management between countries remains to be clarified.
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Contradictory reports are available in the literature on the effects of organic resources with varying chemical composition on crop yields.
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Although there is much indirect evidence, sometimes based on application of pharmacological doses of juvenoids, suggesting the functioning of such a compound, there are also contradictory reports.
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This practice is increasing, but in some of the mining communities these contradictory reports give rise to dissatisfaction.
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There have been two contradictory reports in the past two days.
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One gets an enormous number of contradictory reports whatever agents one has.
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The last report of a committee composed of the greatest currency experts was split up into six or seven different and contradictory reports.
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It has not always been challenged, although it has produced some curiously contradictory reports and some less than soundly based logic.
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From 4pm, with the rally nearly officially over, contradictory reports began to arise.
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There were somewhat contradictory reports about his eyesight from his contemporaries.
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Despite earlier contradictory reports, the clashes on the 11th are now acknowledged to be the first incidents of violence during the strike.
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From 18458, he was an inspector of the design schools but was criticised for his often contradictory reports.
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There are several contradictory reports of his death.
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Cruttwell's relations with his colleagues and students have been the subject of contradictory reports.
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They also usually accept claims going along with their respective political views since usually many conflicting and contradictory reports are written and accepted by their respective historians.
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Contradictory reports state that he mortgaged his estates and assisted his tenants by both providing them with food and refusing to accept any rents during the famine.
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