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contrast

[kuhn-trast, kon-trast, kon-trast] / kənˈtræst, ˈkɒn træst, ˈkɒn træst /




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For contrast, look to Brazil, where “soccer is religion,” Jackson says.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

"If we contrast that with other countries in the tournament, we see Spain and Germany only paying 4p."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

By contrast, technology stocks have been among the clearest winners.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

By contrast, John M. Stahl’s stupendous 1939 melodrama “When Tomorrow Comes”—with Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne in a labor-relations tale turned hurricane-beset, star-crossed love story—was in sparkling black and white.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The Bear Stearns traders, by contrast, weren’t willing to sell them to him for five times that price.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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