run contrary

Frequency: 7.09.8 per million words

Used to describe something that develops or proceeds in an opposite way to something else.

contraryVERBS + contrary

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Examples (10)

  • These results run contrary to our expectations.
  • The company's new policy seems to run contrary to its stated values of employee well-being.
  • His actions ran contrary to all the advice he had been given.
  • This proposal would run contrary to the principles of free trade that we uphold.
  • The evidence presented in court runs contrary to the defendant's testimony.
  • If the findings run contrary to the established theory, we'll have to reconsider our entire model.
  • The decision to cut funding for the arts runs contrary to the city's reputation as a cultural hub.
  • Throughout history, many scientific breakthroughs have run contrary to the prevailing wisdom of their time.
  • The narrative he constructed ran contrary to all known facts of the case.
  • The sudden change in strategy runs contrary to everything the CEO has said for the past year.