- present participle of contrast.
contrasting
Example Sentences
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The friction reflects how fundamentally different the two Detroit giants have become as diverging manufacturing footprints and supply chains have led them to seek contrasting favors in Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The simulations indicate that the contrasting moon systems of Jupiter and Saturn may have emerged from differences in the structures of their circumplanetary disks.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
The contrasting standards vex those worried for the future of public education.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Now either Noskova or Muchova will become their latest Grand Slam champion - and it will be a fascinating match of contrasting styles.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Shostakovich edged back from his previous gloom and dissonance, composing a more 'traditional’-style symphony of four contrasting movements, progressing in them from grim, layered anxiety in the first to a triumphant conclusion in the fourth.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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