"defy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- But it is anyone's guess what will happen next, in a year that has seemed to defy conventional wisdom at almost every turn.
- The album's success defies the conventional wisdom of the record business.
- "That is partly why this appears to defy conventional wisdom."
- Very sure of himself, he seems determined to defy conventional wisdom about what can and cannot be accomplished in Israel.
- These observations are trends which have developed over time, and sometimes defy conventional wisdom.
- It's a reminder of how thoroughly the economy has defied the old conventional wisdom.
- "Here's a man who in a very unconventional year continues to defy conventional wisdom," he said.
- Public housing isn't the only factor in the area's comeback that seems to defy conventional wisdom.
- No one, it seems, wants to bet too heavily on the direction of interest rates, which could always defy conventional wisdom and head higher again.
- But isn't terrorism by definition dedicated to defying the conventional wisdom?
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