contrast
Example Sentences
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By contrast, human color vision relies on just three main receptor types.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026
In contrast, China’s official nonmanufacturing PMI, which covers both service and construction activity, tumbled back to contractionary territory with April’s reading declining to 49.4 from March’s 50.1, suggesting depressed domestic demand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Kerr, from Holywood is, by contrast, in her 20s and is performing alongside Joanna in Trojans.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
It stands in contrast to the 1993 film adaptation that starred Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons as the characters loosely based on Allende’s grandparents.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Although her colorful blue eyes and long yellow curls were in sharp contrast to my murky brown peepers and cropped, coffee-colored hair.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing contrast
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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Against All Odds: Contra and Counter
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 2
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