stark
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Forward-thinking enough to reinvent the guitar-bass-drums palette for the EDM boom; yet stark and lovelorn enough to pass for Motown in another era.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
But the contrast is so stark it has created an anomaly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The IMF chief signalled in her opening remarks that the Fund would downgrade its global growth forecast due to the war, and she had a stark warning:
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
The difference in injury time between Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final involving West Ham United and Leeds, and Manchester City's 4-0 win over Liverpool a day earlier was stark.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Ophie, panting after her race through the house, turned on the electric lamp nearest to the door, throwing the room into a stark relief of deep shadows and light.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
Vocabulary lists containing stark
Words from "The Avengers"
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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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