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- verb Present participle of
juxtapose .
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Examples
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His particular flaw is in juxtaposing different film languages and creating a discordant tone that takes you out of the story.
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His particular talent is in juxtaposing different film languages and integrating them in the service of a story.
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There’s some sort of irony in juxtaposing those two paragraphs, but I can’t tell if it’s intentional.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarianism, Federalism, and Racism 2010
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I like the idea of juxtaposing semi-weird production with big pop vocals.
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Wikipedia contributors came up with the idea of juxtaposing the concept of the "learning curve" and a management consulting group who applied that concept to business, connecting the dots between a concept and the who furthered it.
VQR 2009
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The museum's director said Demarchelier initially resisted the idea of juxtaposing his pop culture icons with the Petit Palais 'enduring artistic treasures.
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The guide, Rima Kiselytsia, is also quoted as having noticed Elena's husband moving objects to stage better photos, such as juxtaposing a baby's crib, a photo of Lenin, gas masks and some toys for this picture.
Archive 2004-05-01 Ray Girvan 2004
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The guide, Rima Kiselytsia, is also quoted as having noticed Elena's husband moving objects to stage better photos, such as juxtaposing a baby's crib, a photo of Lenin, gas masks and some toys for this picture.
Stalker in Ghost Town? Ray Girvan 2004
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I just mentioned that it was a-- I was kind of juxtaposing the differences between what it's really like in a war and what people think it's like and showing the difference between a true story and a false story and it just kind of came from there.
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In selecting and arranging her archive material, such as juxtaposing scenes of the Tsar’s court at play with images of peasants working in the fields, Shub spelled out the party’s class message using frequent title cards.
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