contrasting

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The article characterizes his demeanor as overly restrained and controlled, contrasting his stiff posture and stone-faced expression with the animated gestures and expressions of other candidates.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Yet former England goalkeeper and Match of the Day pundit Ben Foster suspected there would be some "weird and wonderful" results this weekend due to teams' contrasting schedules.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Apple’s iPod ads in the early 2000s that featured dark silhouettes with contrasting white headphones were also big hits.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Also offering fine support are K. Todd Freeman and Michael Benjamin Washington as Willy’s neighbor Charley and his son, who illustrate by their starkly contrasting values how Willy has morally failed himself and his children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Jomon villages and cemeteries do not consist of a few richly decorated houses and graves contrasting with numerous spartan ones but are instead rather uniform—suggesting that there was little social stratification into chiefs and commoners.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond