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- noun Plural form of
juxtaposition .
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Examples
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Typical of Moulsworth's use of balanced juxtapositions is the shift that occurs between lines 10 and 11.
My Name Was Martha: A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem 1993
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They drift under the alternate flicker and gloom of the windy rooms of pines, in gray rock shelters, and by the ooze of blind springs, and their juxtapositions are the best imaginable.
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They drift under the alternate flicker and gloom of the windy rooms of pines, in gray rock shelters, and by the ooze of blind springs, and their juxtapositions are the best imaginable.
The Land of Little Rain Mary Hunter Austin 1901
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- mostly puns, name juxtapositions / combinations or pronunciation jokes
Satellite News 2009
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When troops risks their lives, it is not about "juxtapositions".
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It's pretty offensive too, considering they are bascially creating a term of juxtapositions which in turn becomes meaningless.
Getting back up to steam (hold the 'punk') wendigomountain 2009
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Using collage techniques, surreal juxtapositions and experiments with light and composition, he captures a deeper sense of the choreographic aesthetic, or a dancer's personality, along with the actual movement material being portrayed.
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With meticulous precision that fools the eye into believing that it's looking at a singular image, Aldrich pieces together disparate images which, on closer examination, offer wonderfully surreal, often whimsical, sometimes even hilarious juxtapositions.
Peter Clothier: Gallery Rounds/Bergamot Station Peter Clothier 2011
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These types of sales are important to expand one's aesthetic vision of periods and styles, but more importantly to see curious juxtapositions of disparate elements.
Really Fine Prices for Fine Antiques Sara Ruffin Costello 2011
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With meticulous precision that fools the eye into believing that it's looking at a singular image, Aldrich pieces together disparate images which, on closer examination, offer wonderfully surreal, often whimsical, sometimes even hilarious juxtapositions.
Peter Clothier: Gallery Rounds/Bergamot Station Peter Clothier 2011
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