contradistinguished

past tense of contradistinguish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for contradistinguished
Verb
  • Founded by siblings Dario and Daniela Amodei along with a group of ex-OpenAI employees in 2021, Anthropic has differentiated itself both by focusing on safety and reliability and by targeting enterprise users.
    Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • More than deserving an honorable mention is realtor extraordinaire Seema Patel (Sarita Choudhury), who ultimately differentiated herself from the cacophony of the first two seasons to become a true confidante to Carrie… much in the same way Samantha was before her.
    Dan Heching, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The federal government is also reshaping its approach to investigating civil rights violations, taking a stance that DEI programs have discriminated against white and Asian students.
    Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Johannessen said taking the temporary suspension route sends a message to residents that the city doesn’t care if they are discriminated against for the time being.
    Rachel Royster September 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One of his owners had gotten home from work and didn’t see him, setting off a search for clues.
    Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Pick one of the gateway towns to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, like Gatlinburg, Tennessee, or Bryson City, North Carolina, and set off on your leaf-peeping long weekend.
    Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Guests discerned that their experiences were better at specific races, and attendance numbers fluctuated across the seasons.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Office attire distinguished our professional identity from our personal one.
    Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Founded by architect Paul McClean in 2000, the firm has distinguished itself with its impressive residential designs around the world, from a mountain home set in the rocky landscape of Whistler to a Hollywood Hills haven overlooking the city.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Though, with modular parts, the arms and seats can be separated to make moving easier.
    Zoë Sessums, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The two, who share three children, separated in July 2021 and finalized their divorce in September 2022.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Contradistinguished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contradistinguished. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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