in marked contrast to
idiom
: very different from
His current friendly manner is in marked contrast to his usual behavior.
Examples of in marked contrast to in a Sentence
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The references to Iraq pervading the night were in marked contrast to the awards shows so far this season, when — after two years in which the war in Ukraine was acknowledged at nearly every ceremony — the conflict between Israel and Hamas has gone mostly unmentioned.
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Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Since 1945, there have been very few successful acts of aggression of this sort, in marked contrast to before then, when borders around the world changed hands routinely because of war and conquest.
—Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
This year, for example, Washington, D.C., has suffered a sharp increase in killings, in marked contrast to the nationwide decline.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
Hong Kong’s increasingly warm stance toward crypto stands in marked contrast to that of the U.S., where last week two of the biggest crypto exchanges, Binance and Coinbase, were hit with lawsuits by the SEC.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 15 June 2023
The net inflows at UBS came in marked contrast to the 61 billion Swiss francs (nearly $69 billion) in outflows that Credit Suisse reported Monday for the first three months of the year, adding that clients are still withdrawing assets.
—Jamey Keaten, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
The client inflows at UBS came in marked contrast to the 61 billion Swiss francs (nearly $69 billion) in outflows that Credit Suisse reported Monday for the first three months of the year.
—Jamey Keaten, ajc, 25 Apr. 2023
That approach stood in marked contrast to the challengingly complex music known as bebop, which was sweeping the jazz world when Mr. Jamal began his career as a teenager in the mid-1940s.
—Eric Grode, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
Such comments stand in marked contrast to the sentiments of most business leaders.
—Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2022
Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Since 1945, there have been very few successful acts of aggression of this sort, in marked contrast to before then, when borders around the world changed hands routinely because of war and conquest.
—Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
This year, for example, Washington, D.C., has suffered a sharp increase in killings, in marked contrast to the nationwide decline.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
Hong Kong’s increasingly warm stance toward crypto stands in marked contrast to that of the U.S., where last week two of the biggest crypto exchanges, Binance and Coinbase, were hit with lawsuits by the SEC.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 15 June 2023
The net inflows at UBS came in marked contrast to the 61 billion Swiss francs (nearly $69 billion) in outflows that Credit Suisse reported Monday for the first three months of the year, adding that clients are still withdrawing assets.
—Jamey Keaten, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
The client inflows at UBS came in marked contrast to the 61 billion Swiss francs (nearly $69 billion) in outflows that Credit Suisse reported Monday for the first three months of the year.
—Jamey Keaten, ajc, 25 Apr. 2023
That approach stood in marked contrast to the challengingly complex music known as bebop, which was sweeping the jazz world when Mr. Jamal began his career as a teenager in the mid-1940s.
—Eric Grode, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
Such comments stand in marked contrast to the sentiments of most business leaders.
—Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2022
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