How to Use exact opposite in a Sentence

exact opposite

noun
  • Although Andy Cohen thought the actor might have felt envious of his twin's project, Dylan felt the exact opposite.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
  • But new laws will do the exact opposite in Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee and Wyoming by banning the use of specific gun shop codes.
    Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 1 July 2024
  • And told his team to do the exact opposite against the Aztecs.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Then, later the same day, the same Mike Pence said the exact opposite.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 June 2023
  • But this lightweight creamy balm is the exact opposite (in the best way).
    Bianca Lambert, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
  • The meeting did the exact opposite of what Noyes had hoped.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Dalio had been doing the exact opposite for the better part of a decade.
    Rob Copeland, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023
  • But none of that stopped them from writing the exact opposite in the abstract.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The very thing that’s supposed to help, is doing the exact opposite.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The girls in my class who were called kawaii usually had big eyes and a straight nose, the exact opposite of my own face.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 May 2023
  • Not what the Fed wants to see Any uptick in inflation is the exact opposite of what the Fed wants to see, Daco added.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 24 Feb. 2023
  • All in all, the cut has a flowing effect - the exact opposite of the many layered cuts that have gone through the roof in recent months.
    Melanie Paukner, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2023
  • In other words, Texas’ starters have been the exact opposite of their July selves.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • And by itself, a deal with Riyadh risks doing the exact opposite.
    Maria Fantappie and Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The investment memo is almost the exact opposite of a sales pitch.
    Ilya Strebulaev and Alex Dang, TIME, 22 May 2024
  • If your child tests out a bad word, Dr. Brown says parents should do the exact opposite of this challenge—and ignore it.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The two years that followed, according to the Sandersons, were the exact opposite of what Leigha had dreamed about as a little girl.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
  • UConn routs UConn’s path to the final has been perhaps the exact opposite of a nail-biting last-second shot.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The caffeine in coffee does the exact opposite job of melatonin.
    Courtney Southwick, Health, 23 July 2024
  • The setting is open and light, the exact opposite of the bank-vault dankness of last season’s Armory Show at the Javits Center.
    Holland Cotter, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • Solo that should’ve been longer Most people would say the exact opposite.
    Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
  • This character is the exact opposite of all those things.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 13 June 2023
  • If George was a man who aspired to be part of the establishment, Rosset was the exact opposite.
    Thomas Harding, Town & Country, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The start of this set was basically the exact opposite.
    Paul Albani-Burgio, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The result was the exact opposite of his reason for getting into the batter’s box.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Those who reside below the equator will experience the exact opposite: the least amount of daylight and the shortest day of the year.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
  • The Wings went on a power play at 5:10, but instead of using it to build momentum, the exact opposite happened.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2023
  • So while a pause in hikes would have been done to provide some breathing space for troubled banks, the reality could have been the exact opposite.
    Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • For the exact opposite vibe, stick around for Bachelor in Paradise, where horny 20-somethings cry in bikinis and tiny shorts.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2023
  • That is the exact opposite of what Earthsight’s second output claimed.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019

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