Contrary to

prep

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Preposition
  1. 1
    despite; in opposition to (an assumption, etc.); differently from

    "Contrary to what you might think, Antarctica is technically a desert."

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againstantithesisathwartcontracontradictioncontrary to popular belief

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"Contrary to what you might think, Antarctica is technically a desert."

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