contrast

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By contrast, women who regularly ate fruits were 81% less likely to add salt, while those who commonly consumed vegetables were 40% less likely to do so.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Along with a looser framing, shadow and contrast highlight loneliness and emotional ambiguity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

By contrast the underperformers—a diverse group from Etsy to Caesars Entertainment, and Target—often entered the pandemic with these catalysts but couldn’t sustain them amid rising competition and a changing landscape.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Emilia, by contrast, is a strikingly modern figure in her cynical assessments of the hypocrisy of a culture that will deride women for sexual behavior that wouldn’t be censured in men.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

In contrast, Europeans in North America are generally shown as being fully clothed, even in the sweltering heat of summer.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz