contrast
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By contrast, patients whose disease progressed developed new DNA changes over time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The World Cup is described in it as the "most widely viewed" sporting event but Fifa, by contrast, is said to be "under-monetised".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
His comments, made during a cabinet meeting at the Camp David presidential retreat, were in contrast to his insistence earlier this week that “very friendly negotiations” were under way, enabling a pause on military operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The contrast between President Harry S. Truman, who had been in office for a matter of weeks, and Emperor Hirohito, whose military seemed unstoppable, remains shocking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 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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The contrasts become worse in looking at Vance and Obama’s second books, both of which were more obviously written with an eye toward running for higher office.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Computer models are hinting at big contrasts in weather fortunes across different areas of the UK next week.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
He contrasts that with "more sophisticated methods in the past of our field" that "wouldn't be able to even start going for some of these three-dimensional problems, because they're so big."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
That contrasts with the SOX index, where all 30 constituents were lower from the benchmark’s June record high.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Bright emerald grass contrasts with the brown chaparral that hovers above it.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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But the uptick citywide this year contrasted sharply with Raman’s district, where homelessness actually decreased by 49%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
In a public debate in New Delhi late last month, the author Gurcharan Das, former CEO of Procter & Gamble India, contrasted the two Asian giants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The researchers contrasted the average returns of the hedge funds that met their specific criteria with all other hedge funds between 2006 and 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
His song, Ferto, contrasted the materialism of the social media generation with the struggles his family endured during the Greek financial crisis of 2009-18.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
Not exactly beautiful, but her blue eyes and pert snub nose gave her a catlike quality that contrasted with her robust, athletic movements.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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Its rambunctious tannins, high acid and contrasting notes of cherry, rose petals and hot summer asphalt worked nicely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Their contrasting skulls and jaws suggest that closely related predators were already dividing up available food resources by developing different feeding strategies.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
The contrasting standards vex those worried for the future of public education.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Now either Noskova or Muchova will become their latest Grand Slam champion - and it will be a fascinating match of contrasting styles.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The author seems to realize the problem as he proceeds, so he tacks on such that to signal that he is contrasting the two hypotheses after all.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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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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