contrast
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In contrast, two compounds derived from tyrosine, p-cresol sulfate and phenol sulfate, have been linked to worse outcomes in cancer patients and harmful effects throughout the body in people with kidney disease.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
By contrast, struggling Sunderland were led by target man Brian Brobbey, who won a 36th-minute penalty after being brought down by Levi Colwill.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
The technology is LCD, so it doesn’t have as much contrast as the iPad’s OLED, but it looks smooth, with a nice 120Hz refresh rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
That could be sharpening the temperature contrast across Eurasia, which in turn would amplify Rossby waves and making the polar vortex more likely to be disrupted.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
In contrast, mice inoculated with the rough strain mounted an immune response and survived.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Donald Trump has always been a figure of contrasts.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
This contrasts with Monmouthshire which had the highest household income at £61,700 as well as the most expensive average house prices at £285,000 for a first-time buyer and £387,606 overall.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
That contrasts with what she described as a “fairly benign environment” in the 2010s, when inflation and interest rates were generally low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Although the contrasts between the two hemispheres are clearly visible at the surface and within the crust, scientists have been uncertain whether similar differences extend deep into the lunar mantle.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
His expression is most striking in the Easter photo because it contrasts so strongly with the exuberant grin Carine wears in the same frame.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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The 6-0 thumpings handed out to Wrexham and Lincoln are contrasted with some disappointing home defeats, including the last two outings at London Stadium.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
That contrasted with more pallid volume growth in the Americas and Europe, Heineken’s largest market by revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Just as the organizers had hoped, the demonstration caught the attention of users on X and other social-media platforms, where some contrasted the relatively tame demonstration with the more chaotic protests unfolding in Europe.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
The message contrasted from that of a post Wietrzyk made earlier in the week that, according to the Athletic, also included a selfie of the athlete apparently in a hospital bed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
He was living to be one hundred years old and played a smoothly fluent game of billiards that contrasted with his own ninety-four-year-old brittleness.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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Bulgarians voted Sunday in a presidential runoff between two candidates with contrasting visions on the war in Ukraine, following a series of drone attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
The contrasting molecular responses of the two cell lines were particularly revealing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
The contrasting visions were clear to see: the strong, sole leader – or a collective approach.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
“People no longer have confidence in the state to ensure their protection and meet their needs. And she’s contrasting with that,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Although Yali’s question concerned only the contrasting lifestyles of New Guineans and of European whites, it can be extended to a larger set of contrasts within the modern world.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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