contrast
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In contrast, 41% of all men invest, which holds steady at 40% of those under 45.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Despite a battery of tests, including a contrast CT scan and bone marrow biopsy, experts could not determine what was making Jackie critically ill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
A savings account’s rate, by contrast, can move at any time, usually in step with the Federal Reserve’s benchmark rate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
By contrast, Murrill’s more moderate Republican predecessor, Buddy Caldwell, who served as attorney general from 2008 to 2015, opposed just 33% of all claims.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 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 weakness contrasts with manufacturing activity in Canada, which saw a boost in July from stronger domestic activity that more than made up for faltering international demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
His informal getup, a T-shirt and shorts, contrasts with the elegant environment primed for business lunches and ostentatious dinners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
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
Stimulated by the sights and smells, you realise that you have arrived in a land of contrasts.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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She contrasted it with the 1999 eclipse, when more than 30 million approved glasses were distributed nationwide.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
I certainly stood out among the perfectly creased khaki pants and palm combs and top-buttoned flannels contrasted with my clueless bowl haircut and Ninja Turtle suspenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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 prosecutor said his "denials ring hollow when contrasted with their accounts".
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Don was an excellent draughts player, but his style contrasted with mine.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Users, not the model developer, should be responsible for deciding the system’s values, he says, contrasting that with other companies’ approaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Also returning is All-American quarterback Ava Van Heerde, who rotated with Meier last season to give opposing defenses fits attempting to solve their contrasting but equally effective styles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 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
Newspapers, later magazines and books, emphasized contrasting images for each sister.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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