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"seeming contradictory" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation or statement that appears to be in conflict or opposition, but upon further examination, may not actually be contradictory. Example: The politician's statement may seem contradictory on the surface, but when considering the context and nuances of the issue, it becomes clear that he was actually trying to find a compromise.
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Untangling this can be tricky, since personal political philosophies are often complex to the point of seeming contradictory.
I'm an African violet' - he whispers conspiratorially: 'I love this place, but, don't forget, I'm a Yale man at heart.' He is also, due to his increasing visibility, via television and the New Yorker, a man of many voices, some of them seeming contradictory.
One argument against their use is based on the perceived incompatibility between the use of armed personnel and the nature humanitarian action, with the threat of force in the implementation of humanitarian operations seeming contradictory to the ethos of humanitarian action, which is based on the alleviation of suffering.
This seeming contradictory function of cyclic AMP as both a mitogen and in promoting differentiation has been suggested to result from the two main downstream effector pathways of cyclic AMP, PKA and the exchange protein activated by cyclic AMP (EPAC) [ 46].
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The accusations seem contradictory.
This seems contradictory.
At times, it seems contradictory.
The two concepts seem contradictory.
"To North Korea, it seemed contradictory.
The two did not seem contradictory.
At the moment it seems contradictory.
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