Collocations for paradox - noun

apparent, seeming (esp. AmE)
great
central, fundamental
curious, interesting, strange

create, pose, present
The facts pose something of a paradox.

address, explore
reveal
explain, resolve, solve

paradox about
The paradox about time is that it seems to go faster as we become older and less active.

paradox between
the paradox between the real and the ideal

paradox in
the paradox in the relationship between creativity and psychosis

paradox of
The author tackles one of the deepest paradoxes of life.

by a curious paradox
By a curious paradox, the team became less motivated the more games it won.