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on the contrary
Idioms and Phrases
It's the opposite, as in Is his shoulder hurting?—On the contrary, it's all better , or We thought you didn't like opera.—On the contrary, I love it . This phrase, at first put as by or for or in the contrary , dates from the late 1300s; on has been used since the mid-1800s.Example Sentences
“However, our data indicate that the average compensation for in-person roles is, on the contrary, slightly lower than that for otherwise identical remote positions.â€
In a statement to the BBC, the SBU said co-operating with Russian agents "will in no way ease the plight of the prisoner; on the contrary, it may significantly complicate their chances of being exchanged."
Daniel Kahnemann suggested that, on the contrary, they often act irrationally, based on instinct.
The researchers also found that, on the contrary, the use of antiplatelet drugs may be linked to a higher risk of dementia.
“In this case there are no differences — on the contrary there is a lot of unity to strengthen the national economy.â€
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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