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How to use the word diametrically in a Sentence?

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The beliefs espoused by the conservative majority of the court are not just different from but in fact are diametrically opposed to those of at least half the country, and thus while a large part of the country may view the court as out of step with their views.

Jessica Levinson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A conspiracy, in short, is based on small groups with inherently competing interests. At some point in the evolution of the competition between two or more groups (and in some cases, within subversive groups), there are rumors or allegations made of sinister behavior or a secretive plot developed by the members or the leadership of the groups. Occasionally, the groups will have diametrically opposed goals and this leads to further subversion.

Nicholas Alahverdian

added by anonymous
4 years ago

For Asian immigrants, the racial argument at the time was that' It didn't matter whether one were born in the United States or not, Asians as a race, are unassimilable. They are diametrically opposite from us Americans,' that was the argument that was used to intern Japanese citizens. It was the denial of citizenship in favor of race :' The ability to become American, the ability to assimilate, they just didn't have it.'.

United States

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Their policy made a statement about avoiding offensive messages, and the sentiment of respecting free speech, but also a right to avoid it, those are diametrically opposed.

Grant Wolf

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Ted Cruz, who is ahead in the polls, is diametrically opposed to what we really care about, and that is growing the opportunity for renewable fuels in this country.

Republican Governor Terry Branstad

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is not the road to peace but to decentralization. This is a diametrically opposed process which forces us to lose territory, putin does not need the Donbass. He needs war in Ukraine. Our task in the vote is to get back to negotiations on the right road to bring peace, not the illusion of peace.

Yulia Tymoshenko

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I can’t think of a worse place for that, it stretches the imagination to find a scenario more diametrically opposed. The innocence of youth and the magical belief in Santa Claus on the one hand and vulgar advertising the joy of alcohol abuse on the other.

Geoffrey Seidel of Scituate

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

An inventor is simply a person who doesn't take his education too seriously. You see, from the time a person is six years old until he graduates form college he has to take three or four examinations a year. If he flunks once, he is out. But an inventor is almost always failing. He tries and fails maybe a thousand times. It he succeeds once then he's in. These two things are diametrically opposite. We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.

Charles F. Kettering

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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