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And critically, there is overlap between cases in which A beats B and A loses to C. This interleaving of the numbers on the faces enables the intransitivity.

From Scientific American • Sep. 19, 2023

If you randomly assign numbers to three different dice and then want to know the chances that they exhibit intransitivity, it may depend on what exactly you mean by “randomly assign numbers” to the dice.

From Scientific American • Sep. 19, 2023

So retranslating those passages about "the Jews" to be about "religious leaders" or "the Jewish leaders" or that kind of thing is an intransitivity project.

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2021

Establishing intransitivity means you're trying to cut off the possibility of a negative social interpretation.

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2021

Wording in clues that led to a definition indicating intransitivity weakened such clues as a result.

From The Guardian • May 27, 2012