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  • adjective Placed side by side often for comparison or contrast.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of juxtapose.

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  • adjective placed side by side often for comparison

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Examples

  • Star trek wins because of the excellent use of the expression juxtaposed against the smiling kirk, making it = teh win.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Let the voting begin! Ding Pong Photoshop 2008

  • I just am frustrated that what’s being juxtaposed is national reform or state reforms.

    Matthew Yglesias » Leave Health Care to the States? 2010

  • E&J Gallo Winery’s Trademark Department also peckishly went after Atlanta school teacher Celeste LeTard Williams in 2007 because her art work featured a painting of a rooster juxtaposed with the Spanish word gallo based on a traditional Mexican loteria card.

    Gallo’s humor (or lack thereof) | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

  • I have to say, when I was in NY, there was something so alienating about all the different people, self identifying as juxtaposed with some other Jewish group.

    Rethinking Diaspora: New York and the rest of us? | Jewschool 2007

  • Playing off allegations that Christie can be something of a bully, Corzine ads talked about him "throwing his weight around" as the phrase was juxtaposed with unflattering shots that exaggerated Christie's midsection and lumbering movement.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Playing off allegations that Christie can be something of a bully, Corzine ads talked about him "throwing his weight around" as the phrase was juxtaposed with unflattering shots that exaggerated Christie's midsection and lumbering movement.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • Playing off allegations that Christie can be something of a bully, Corzine ads talked about him "throwing his weight around" as the phrase was juxtaposed with unflattering shots that exaggerated Christie's midsection and lumbering movement.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Playing off allegations that Christie can be something of a bully, Corzine ads talked about him "throwing his weight around" as the phrase was juxtaposed with unflattering shots that exaggerated Christie's midsection and lumbering movement.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Playing off allegations that Christie can be something of a bully, Corzine ads talked about him "throwing his weight around" as the phrase was juxtaposed with unflattering shots that exaggerated Christie's midsection and lumbering movement.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • With the return of the dreaded S-word juxtaposed with some of the most beautiful sunshine we've seen in months, the Northwest is feeling a bit punchy.

    Seattlest 2009

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