mutually exclusive
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Synonyms & Antonyms for mutually exclusive
Synonyms
clashing, conflicting, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonious, repugnant
Antonyms
accordant, agreeing, compatible, concordant, conformable (to), congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, correspondent (with or to), harmonious, nonconflicting
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Are their deepest, unspoken desires actually mutually exclusive? — Boyd Van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Madre': Film Review | Venice 2019," 30 Aug. 2019 Developing players and victory don’t have to be mutually exclusive. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Analysis: Padres work within pitching puzzle," 16 Aug. 2019 In their committee opinion on OTC birth control, ACOG addresses this by explaining that improving access to LARCs and expanding access to over-the-counter birth control shouldn’t be mutually exclusive. — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "Is Over-the-Counter Birth Control Really a Good Idea?," 2 Aug. 2019 The hosts are quick to point out that pop culture and politics are not mutually exclusive. — Washington Post, "How ‘The Breakfast Club,’ home to brash hosts and irate rappers, became a one-of-a-kind campaign stop," 17 July 2019 O'Brien has shared dozens of bikini photos to her Instagram account, proving that body shape and beauty aren't mutually exclusive. — Christina Oehler, Health.com, "Influencer Flaunts Her Booty to Prove That Not Every Bikini Photo Is Meant to Be Sexual," 2 July 2019 And his own art served as a model for combining polemical content and abstraction, modes often assumed to be mutually exclusive. — New York Times, "David Koloane, Whose Art Was a Weapon Against Apartheid, Dies at 81," 11 July 2019 The idea that world-class residences and nursing care centers or nursing homes are mutually exclusive is a stereotype that Carespring is fighting to break. — Jessica Levy, Cincinnati.com, "Carespring communities shatter nursing care and assisted living stereotypes," 7 June 2019 Porter’s choice, then, is a prime example that looking good and doing good needn’t be mutually exclusive. — Vogue, "Billy Porter’s Red Carpet Dress Has an Eco-Conscious Message," 19 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mutually exclusive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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