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- adverb In an
oxymoronic manner - adverb With regard to, or using
oxymorons
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Examples
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The documentary “Waiting for Superman,” is yet another call for K-12 school reform aimed at closing the gap between academic achievers and non-achievers and promoting what an assistant superintendent in my school district once oxymoronically labeled “mass excellence.”
Outrage at banning spelling tests Jay Mathews 2010
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In an '07 lecture at Sewanee University, Christopher Hitchens gave an oxymoronically entitled talk called "The Moral Necessity of Atheism."
Rabbi Adam Jacobs: Atheism's Odd Relationship With Morality Rabbi Adam Jacobs 2011
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It was as a graduate student in physical anthropology that Scott first became aware of oxymoronically-named "creation science" in 1971.
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In an '07 lecture at Sewanee University, Christopher Hitchens gave an oxymoronically entitled talk called "The Moral Necessity of Atheism."
Rabbi Adam Jacobs: Atheism's Odd Relationship With Morality Rabbi Adam Jacobs 2011
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As in "Up in the Air," Jack does make a new friend, Clara, a prostitute played by the oxymoronically named Violante Placido.
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As in "Up in the Air," Jack does make a new friend, Clara, a prostitute played by the oxymoronically named Violante Placido.
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He uses traditional Mexican ingredients including 20 different chili peppers but strives to give each dish a twist, with the goal of creating oxymoronically fancy but casual plates.
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As in "Up in the Air," Jack does make a new friend, Clara, a prostitute played by the oxymoronically named Violante Placido.
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But Steve Davis was, however oxymoronically, Sports Personality of the Year in 1988.
Bullseye Britain 2010
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He wants viewers to think oxymoronically, because he wants them to think that Al Gore's criticisms are irrational and unfounded.
David Fiderer: Holocaust Deniers, Global Warming Deniers, Chris Wallace: Any Difference? 2010
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