contrast
Example Sentences
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The attitude is in stark contrast to Amorim, who admitted to getting emotional at the performances of his team.
From BBC
In contrast to Kennedy’s declaration in January that the U.S. was “ending the war on saturated fat,” the heart association continues to recommend unsaturated fat sources over saturated ones for the sake of cardiovascular health.
From Los Angeles Times
This helps make sense of the narrow birthright exceptions: In contrast, foreign diplomats enjoy immunity and famously don’t pay New York parking tickets.
This year, by contrast, Merck talked to cancer-drug biotech Revolution Medicines about a deal that could have reached around $30 billion, but The Wall Street Journal reported that the talks cooled.
In contrast to previous cases, he decided the seven claimants could not just be able to reheat evidence previously uncovered, or make general accusations against the newspapers.
From BBC
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