How to Use as opposed to in a Sentence

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• Why a movie as opposed to a fourth season of the show?
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2025
• Gunn has some fun with it, but just enough, as opposed to his preferred mode of too much.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
• Now, police are meant to serve as guardians as opposed to warriors.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• World-shaping events took place in them, as opposed to episodes of Ted.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
• It’s not known how many of the teens were from Naperville as opposed to other cities.
  — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
• A lot of it was animal sounds as opposed to melodic sounds.
  — Alex Ritman, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
• Your eye has something gentle to look at as opposed to a purely blank wall.
  — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 30 Jan. 2026
• And he is allowed to change clothes three times a week as opposed to once a week, which is standard.
  — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2026
• Bridges is best as a defender off the ball as opposed to at the point of attack.
  — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
• So, why Mars, as opposed to, say, Jupiter or Venus?
  — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
• This one just happened to exist in the real world as opposed to the small screen.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
• This kind of prop bet could be good to target, as opposed to a moneyline bet.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
• And then her protege is the one that takes her down, as opposed to the opposite.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 11 June 2023
• To keep your breaths nice and deep, aim to keep each one coming from your stomach as opposed to your chest.
  — Georgia Day, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2024
• Aune says agents are out in the afternoon, as opposed to the morning.
  — Jason Rantala, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
• Smith mentions that her favorite time to wear the scent is during the day as opposed to night.
  — Akili King, Vogue, 28 July 2023
• Trying to play too perfect, as opposed to just playing.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• Made with rice flour for a gluten-free dough, the donuts are baked as opposed to fried to help keep the texture light and fluffy.
  — Zoe Baillargeon, Bon Appétit, 31 Aug. 2023
• Frying your bread in a skillet as opposed to the toaster is a game changer.
  — Farideh Sadeghin, Saveur, 14 Sep. 2023
• Some of the areas are maybe going a little bit more niche as opposed to being so broad.
  — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
• Even though that was the nice ashtray, as opposed to the black plastic ones that were in the garage or on the back brick steps.
  — Kate Crane, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
• The rest of the soft tissues are other tissues that are, well, soft, as opposed to bones, which are hard.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• Most of the whisky produced there was used for blends as opposed to being bottled as single malt.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2023
• Up top, there’s an aluminum fuel reservoir under the seat as opposed to in front of it.
  — New Atlas, 17 Dec. 2025
• The customer is hearing that from them, as opposed to having to having to take our word for it.
  — Jean E. Palmieri, Sourcing Journal, 10 July 2024
• That meant building, as opposed to having a CG world.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
• Who threatens to tip a driver, as opposed to threatening not to?
  — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
• On a good team, Simons might be more of a great sixth man as opposed to a definite starter.
  — Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
• The new solution for the future of living needs to be more the one place as opposed to the first or the third.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 14 July 2023
• Starting with whole spices, as opposed to ground or a prepackaged blend, makes all the difference.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023