stark
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The move to set up a kind of mini vintage store featuring a mishmash of garments is a stark contrast from the Swedish apparel giant’s typical offerings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
In the world of private credit, regulators face a stark choice about ratings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Weiss of MLK hospital described the stark gap in the two medical providers’ financial pictures as “a tale of two hospitals.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
In another stark sign of woes, the official non-manufacturing PMI, which measures activity in sectors such as services and construction, fell sharply to 49.0 in July, the data showed Friday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The man is over six feet tall, with stark blond hair and icy blue eyes.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Another framed the problem in even starker terms: What impact would Anthropic’s revenue surpassing ours have on our IPO plans?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
They are generally about 10% to 20% more expensive than gas-powered cars, a difference made starker by the end of those tax incentives.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
The contrast cannot be starker: selfie-taking tourists sipping coffee at Starbucks -- an icon of globalisation and capitalism -- while looking out over reclusive, communist North Korea.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Among voters under 35, the numbers were starker: 76% named cost of living a top concern, and just 13% approved of Congress.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Her room always made him feel wistful and envious for the abundance in which she dwelled—a stark contrast with his even starker room.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
The starkest contrast between two summertime TV hits about women navigating midlife’s challenges shows up in the way its leading ladies handle themselves in the kitchen.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
They were the starkest sign yet that efforts to clinch a permanent peace agreement are unraveling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The starkest contrast between then and now is the fiscal policy situation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Four recently published UCLA-led studies draw a direct line between climate disasters, housing instability and homelessness, with researchers pointing to the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires as one of the starkest recent examples.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
Emasculated by dams and diversion canals, the lower Colorado burbles indolently from reservoir to reservoir through some of the hottest, starkest country on the continent.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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The Catcher in the Rye
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