contrast
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In contrast, Einstein Probe recorded bright X-ray emission for nearly ten minutes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
That stands in contrast with the firm’s first fundraising effort, which began during the pandemic and stretched over a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
You, by contrast, have built your political identity on leading with kindness.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Omair Sharif, president of Inflation Insights, said that Williams’s remarks contrast with other officials like Fed governor Michael Barr, who has said the Fed may need multiple hikes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
“Yet with enough study anyone could do it. Quite the contrast to all your lectures about how I was special.”
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Archive film footage showing Britons in 1913 enjoying days at the races or watching the cricket contrasts sharply with what followed during the horrors of World War One.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
"Brazil has regulations that have expanded and forced platforms to develop control and verification mechanisms," Paganotti said, adding that this contrasts with a dearth of legislation elsewhere in the region.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Who Is The Sky?,” which Byrne made with the producer Kid Harpoon, contrasts deep lyrics about art, home and enlightenment with bright pop arrangements filled with crisp grooves and singalong melodies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
This contrasts with closed-source AI, which is designed to be controlled and private.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
He, like the rest of us, is now dressed in a standard, formfitting suit of red body armor that starkly contrasts with the world around us.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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Her rhetoric about being a submissive housewife contrasted with her role as TPUSA’s CEO.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The decline contrasted with a projected 0.1% increase expected by economists polled by The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
I certainly stood out among the perfectly creased khaki pants and palm combs and top-buttoned flannels contrasted with my clueless bowl haircut and Ninja Turtle suspenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Its results contrasted with those of Microsoft, another tech giant that has faced investor doubts but beat analyst expectations on Wednesday, driven by its cloud and artificial intelligence businesses.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Its fulness contrasted so sharply with his hunger, its richness with his emptiness, that he recoiled from it while answering it.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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The contrasting styles and materials of the individual elements elevate each work into an invigorating whole—a pensive portrait, for example, is given a frisson of danger thanks to the spiky crab shells that surround it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Critics and audiences responded in turn, taking an immediate shine to Bryan’s doofiness and contrasting it with Alice’s purposeful, goal-oriented approach to a zombie apocalypse.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
An unexpected bold red with a contrasting strip of vibrant blue trim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"During the earthquake, officials were hardly seen on the ground," Dixit said, contrasting that 2015 response with the scenes from this disaster.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The jaunty patterns of popular dances were put together into contrasting groups of three to provide variation - slow-fast-slow or fast-slow-fast - even when the consorts were not accompanying actual dancing.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 2
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