in striking contrast to/with

phrase

: very different from
The building's modern style is in striking contrast to the surrounding neighborhood.

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This stands in striking contrast to the atmosphere of gloom and doom that prevails right now in most markets across the Nordics and Continental Europe. Annika Pham, Variety, 19 Nov. 2025 The deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis has so far unfolded in striking contrast to the confrontations seen in Chicago and Portland. Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 The girls are wearing heeled white dance shoes that are defiantly impractical for the city streets, in striking contrast to the robust sneakers that everyone else has on. Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025 Her remarks came in striking contrast to both the vice president and president, who bookended her speech. Fatma Tanis, NPR, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in striking contrast to/with

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“In striking contrast to/with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20striking%20contrast%20to%2Fwith. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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