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Example sentences for: contrary

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It's not as if these steps are unusual or bizarre; on the contrary, they're soothingly familiar.
) The contrary theory is that Gingrich is flaming out in a final, futile attempt to regain his authority in the GOP.
The PTEN gene, on the contrary, was detected, without any difference in the intensity of PCR bands in the DNA samples of normal cells, primary tumor cells and metastatic lymph node cells of all five patients.
A leading abortion-rights advocate indicated that he and his pro-choice colleagues have lied about the rarity of partial-birth abortions . Ron Fitzsimmons, the director of a national coalition of abortion clinics, said that contrary to assertions by President Clinton and abortion-rights activists, the vast majority of patients who have the procedure (technically known as intact dilation and evacuation) are healthy women with healthy fetuses that have gestated at least 20 weeks.
Postal Service yields results contrary to the entry price and net avoided cost measures for the cost of the USO.