"To suggest the opposite" means to propose or indicate a different idea or viewpoint that contradicts or goes against what has been previously mentioned or believed.
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This week,
polls suggest the opposite: people do not think that the executive actions will reduce the number of people killed by gun, but they solidly support the proposals.
Thus I would
suggest an opposite focus for the enterprise of comparing religions, namely that the focus should be on the disagreements.
On the other hand, there is a lot of research
which suggests the opposite — that salivary cortisol is a useful tool in the medical community (6).
However, for keen observers of the results of this year's election, this story came as a big shock as the seat by seat
results suggested the opposite: a swing to Labour and away from the Conservatives in the most ethnically diverse seats.
These waivers are almost certainly illegal — even a Congressional Research Service report often cited to
suggest the opposite says they are unprecedented in scope and, hence, an untested case — and even if they are not deemed technically illegal, the reality is they still amount to the executive department unilaterally making law.
This robust study clearly demonstrates diet beverages can in fact play a part in successful weight loss, directly countering myths in recent years that
suggest the opposite effect of weight gain,» said the Council's CEO Geoff Parker.
Strunk and White's long - standing success and Gwynne's recent
fame suggest the opposite of what is claimed by the linguists.
But many of the chapters in this
volume suggest the opposite: many fundamentalists are enormously optimistic that God and history are on their side.
But my phone
conversation suggested the opposite - clicking means mechanical failure, possible scratching off of data with every click, it has to be opened in a «clean room» to avoid destroying the data on the tiny little discs, and the minimum for the place on the brochure is $ 700 (with a max of $ 2700).
There were some reports circling recently which suggested Alexis would be happy to stay at Arsenal for another year before leaving for a club of his choosing this time next year, though more
quotes suggested the opposite.
On the other hand a number of studies done in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Spain or
Russia suggest an opposite conclusion — voters reward incumbents who spend more and more freely (e.g. Jones, Meloni and Tommasi, 2012; Sakurai and Menezes - Filho, 2008; Balaguer - Coll et al, 2015).
«At the moment there are quite a lot of people out
there suggesting the opposite and saying actually you shouldn't vote, I think that's quite dangerous.
That same month, however, another
paper suggested the opposite: Super-Earths» stronger gravity dominates and keeps the crust from cracking into separate plates in the first place.
But biology is complicated, and researchers hoping to treat diseases in which our cells» energy - providing machinery is faulty
now suggest the opposite may also be true: Depriving cells of oxygen could be a boon to health.
However, the current data
obtained suggests the opposite: an earthquake with an epicenter at the gates of the city, which would allow the people only very little time to find protection, but which would trigger less powerful ground movements.
Although the story of Dr. Mireles and his brief run of
glory suggest the opposite, what's happening in Mexico is hellish, but not inevitable.
It is a story about a magnificent children's book that aims to instil peace in a world racked by war, but the behind the scenes
tale suggests the opposite.
And with Harvey Weinstein backing his every move (though he has
suggested the opposite lately, at least in terms of violent movies), Tarantino can continue to write sprawling and unconventional genre movies and not worry about traditional concerns about length, pace, etc..
In fact, Peace Walker «s
ending suggests the opposite, and now Konami have dropped a few hints that we'll see him back in action soon enough.
His painting «Alp on a White Background», which looks very much like a blurred photograph, portrays a person who seems to be a woman, but the name «Alp» in the
title suggests the opposite.