as in difference
the quality or state of being different
the contrast between the two approaches to the problem of overeating could not be greater
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Recent Examples of contrast
Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Retail traders offloaded about $281 million worth of Apple shares, a sharp contrast from heavy buying in other big tech names.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
Rousey contrasted her two runs with the company, describing her second run as frustrating and unstable.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Some commented on the dachshunds’ relentless energy and the unbothered demeanor of the cavapoo in contrast.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Retail traders offloaded about $281 million worth of Apple shares, a sharp contrast from heavy buying in other big tech names.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
The 1986 film also included accounts by former conscripts who had been forced to participate in the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, making clear the hopelessness and brutality of the war, starkly contrasting with the Kremlin’s version of a war of progress and purpose.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
Rousey contrasted her two runs with the company, describing her second run as frustrating and unstable.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contrast
Noun
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With goal difference not a factor in this three-match format, there was no incentive for Miami to push forward in the final period, and Nashville never looked like turning the contest around.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Careful measurement of these differences might still allow scientists to distinguish between the two scenarios.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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If the Earth rotated about its axis every 24 hours, then your position in space would differ by the diameter of Earth — about 12,700 km (7,900 miles) — from the start of the night to the end of the night.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Oct. 2025
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His fiction, neither notably blood-soaked nor mythologically freighted, also differs starkly from the work of Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy, contemporaries who likewise were famously steeped in the West.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the 1960s, Canadians hungered for public intellectuals pontificating on the distinctiveness of their identity.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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There’s no spark of distinctiveness in any of these characters.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An online diversity training course designed specifically for hiring managers or decision-makers at the producers’ companies is also part of the offering.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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It is led by the National Political Committee (NPC), a 25-person body with diversity requirements for gender and race.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Zhao drew a distinction between her latest work and her previous films.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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Three Nashville restaurants earned One Michelin Star, while seven more earned Bib Gourmand distinctions among other recognition.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Contrast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contrast. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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