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Collocations for paradox - noun

ADJ.

apparent | central | curious

VERB + PARADOX

pose, present
The facts pose something of a paradox.
explain, resolve

PREP.

~ about
The paradox about time is that it seems to go faster as we become older and less active.
~ between
the paradox between the real and the ideal
~ in
the paradox in the relationship between creativity and psychosis

PHRASES

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

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