in stark/marked/sharp contrast with/to
idiom
: very different from (something else)
His comments were in stark/marked/sharp contrast with/to his earlier statements.
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The look stands in sharp contrast to the original photo released by law enforcement, which sees Hardin bare-faced and bald.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
This later work from an American hero is a confidently strange, surrealist puzzle-box, and stands in sharp contrast to the maestro’s early melodramas.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
The announcement stands in sharp contrast to what Kennedy has said since becoming HHS secretary.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Members of the military throughout the day outnumbered voters at many polling centers in the capital, Caracas, where no lines formed outside in stark contrast with the enthusiasm of the July presidential election, when some people lined up for hours.
—Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
This later work from an American hero is a confidently strange, surrealist puzzle-box, and stands in sharp contrast to the maestro’s early melodramas.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
The announcement stands in sharp contrast to what Kennedy has said since becoming HHS secretary.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Members of the military throughout the day outnumbered voters at many polling centers in the capital, Caracas, where no lines formed outside in stark contrast with the enthusiasm of the July presidential election, when some people lined up for hours.
—Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
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