curious paradox

collocation in English

meaningsofcuriousandparadox

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curious
adjective
uk
/ˈkjʊə.ri.əs/us
/ˈkjʊr.i.əs/
interested in learning about people or things ...
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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 ofcuriousandparadoxfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We are faced with a verycuriousparadox.
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By a strange andcuriousparadoxwe are now about to penalise ourselves for what appears to be somewhat inadequate reasons.
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Nevertheless, there is acuriousparadoxin its structure to which we should give attention.
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It is acuriousparadoxthat the most highly skilled men get the least wages in the engineering industry.
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That is to be promoted by thecuriousparadoxof attempting to induce it by an overdose of discipline imposed externally through a military regime.
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It would indeed be acuriousparadoxif one were to see such a thing happen.
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I want an answer from him, if answer he can give, to thiscuriousparadox.
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Despite that, thecuriousparadoxis that farmers as a whole are in a very bad way.
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There is acuriousparadoxin a society with too high unemployment.
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At the same time, it asks for our support in force-feeding funds to local government which seems to me acuriousparadox.
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There is acuriousparadoxthat, on the whole, people will stay in these areas if they have a means of getting away from them.
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Thiscuriousparadox—perhaps not the most curious among doctors—is worth noting.
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That is thecuriousparadoxwe have got ourselves into.
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I find acuriousparadoxin the dilemma of the control of local government expenditure.
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What is the explanation of what is, after all, a verycuriousparadox?
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It is acuriousparadoxthat today's teenagers are far larger than their parents.
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I consider that their leadership has been most successful—by acuriousparadox—where their ability to control events has been least.
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Those who go riding have increased phenomenally in the last few years, and that is a very fine thing, but it has led to acuriousparadox.
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