- present participle of contrast.
contrasting
Example Sentences
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“Hilton was more energized at the end, when it mattered,” said Spillane, contrasting the two Republicans.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The career trajectories of French Open finalists Mirra Andreeva and Maja Chwalinska could not be more contrasting.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
"This suggests Kank may have been an active fisher, contrasting with common portrayal of raptors as agile terrestrial predators, like Velociraptor from the Northern Hemisphere."
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
Mr. Bezos is also doing a public service in contrasting the performance of government with the performance of the companies he creates.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
As we came out of the hotel that morning they glittered in the early morning sun, and under the influence of those two-sided accessories, what happened next took on contrasting tones.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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