counterpoint
Example Sentences
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Coming so soon after 1776, France’s revolution has always served as the brutal counterpoint to America’s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
As a counterpoint, Lanier had Goodrow detail the addition of features including viewing recommendations, auto-play for videos and ads, and a version of YouTube designed specifically for children.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
The ceremony has long served as a counterpoint to the Oscars: looser, more unpredictable, typically mounted in a beach tent by the Santa Monica Pier.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
He tells BBC Newsbeat the darker themes of Wuthering Heights "felt like the perfect counterpoint and pivot away from Brat".
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
She deserved to hurl whatever was available, to keep us moving, to speak in counterpoint to the deadening strings of my pyrrhic feet.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Vocabulary lists containing counterpoint
The Things They Carried
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The Gilded Ones
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