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contrasting

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verb

present participle of contrast
as in differing
to be unlike; to not be the same her depressed mood today contrasts sharply with her good spirits yesterday

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Adjective
  • New York is estimated to have over 100 different types of trees, with the most common kinds being birch, maple and beech trees.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Texas lawmakers are looking to rein in access to products that contain THC, but the House and Senate could take somewhat different approaches.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The group recognizes, however, that people have differing underlying risks for cancer and therefore supports the current recommendation that most men limit themselves to no more than two drinks a day and most women consume no more than one.
    Alice Park, TIME, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Broadly, this is a system of price controls in which an average or minimum price across a group of countries with similar gross domestic output per capita can serve as an anchor towards which differing prices may converge over time.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Joe hires four disparate but formidable ones to cook up love on a plate: Roberta (Lorraine Bracco), Antonella (Brenda Vaccaro), Teresa (Talia Shire), and Gia (Susan Sarandon).
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • My former colleague was trying to create a quilt out of these disparate pieces.
    Mara Kardas-Nelson, The Dial, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Mott brings an incomparable international 56-year career to Saturday’s race that cannot be reduced to mere numbers, although a couple of numbers do give us the flavor of the depth and breadth of his accomplishments.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Marvel fans may yet see the incomparable Pepper Potts again.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Contrasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contrasting. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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