juxtapose

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In my case both realms interact, juxtapose, scramble, complement and oppose each other simultaneously.

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  1. transitive verb To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

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  • In my case both realms interact, juxtapose, scramble, complement and oppose each other simultaneously. —  Never Neutral
  • To juxtapose, a movie trailer for, say, X-Men -- which I believe the average Joe had some interaction with before the movies came out -- can throw Wolverine and Storm and Professor X at us in the trailer in the same chaotic manner and it will feel a lot less discombobulating because we are familiar with those characters and the basic premise of the story (i.e. mutants shunned by society, yet protecting society). —  Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
  • "Now juxtapose your statement with the fact that the newspaper media is going out of business." —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • That's great that Lawrence gives you so much choice and takes the time to juxtapose the different woods. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • Undertones of War, which also includes a selection of Blunden's war poems that unflinchingly juxtapose death in the trenches with the beauty of Flanders's fields, deserves a place on anyone's bookshelf between —  The Chicago Blog
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  1. French juxtaposer : Latin iūxtā, close by; see yeug- in Indo-European roots + French poser, to place (from Old French; see pose1).

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  1. from French juxtaposer, from Latin juxta, near (see just), + ponere, place: see pose.
 

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