as in differed
to be unlike; to not be the same
her depressed mood today contrasts sharply with her good spirits yesterday
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Recent Examples of contrasted
Charna Flam, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Vance cast her comments as proof the administration’s strategy is working, and contrasted them with Democratic leaders elsewhere.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2025
The signature was widely contrasted with Rowling’s position.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 26 Aug. 2025
Flores contrasted with the Second Circuit letting Goodell arbitrate Tom Brady’s Deflategate case in 2015-16 despite Goodell also acting as the commissioner who suspended the New England Patriots star.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The glint and thrum of Y2K aesthetics—as contrasted with the droning conservatism of the white-collar office—read as anticipatory rather than melancholic, looking toward a future liberated from systems of old.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
Mickelson contrasted that experience with his current mindset at LIV events.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Citron contrasted a chart of Palantir’s impressive, steady revenue growth with OpenAI’s skyrocketing results.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
Château d'Attre is a castle that was built in the late 1700s, and largely influenced by French architecture from Louis XV's era—buildings from this era were characterized by their modest exteriors that deeply contrasted with their lavish interior design.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Meanwhile, his wife, Jackie, contrasted him in a strapless white dress that gathered at the bust and draped to the ground.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Vance cast her comments as proof the administration’s strategy is working, and contrasted them with Democratic leaders elsewhere.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2025
The signature was widely contrasted with Rowling’s position.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 26 Aug. 2025
Flores contrasted with the Second Circuit letting Goodell arbitrate Tom Brady’s Deflategate case in 2015-16 despite Goodell also acting as the commissioner who suspended the New England Patriots star.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The glint and thrum of Y2K aesthetics—as contrasted with the droning conservatism of the white-collar office—read as anticipatory rather than melancholic, looking toward a future liberated from systems of old.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
Mickelson contrasted that experience with his current mindset at LIV events.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Citron contrasted a chart of Palantir’s impressive, steady revenue growth with OpenAI’s skyrocketing results.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
Château d'Attre is a castle that was built in the late 1700s, and largely influenced by French architecture from Louis XV's era—buildings from this era were characterized by their modest exteriors that deeply contrasted with their lavish interior design.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contrasted
Verb
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The type of music that parents relied on differed.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
4 Sep. 2025
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And this recovery differed among the groups.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Invite someone from marketing, IT or finance to your team meeting to gain their perspective and leverage their contrasting and complementary strengths.—
Phil Blair,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The company also showed off the Max10 Ultra, a hybrid robot vacuum that can automatically swap between three different sets of mop heads based on the flooring type.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Sep. 2025
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Plenty of thought clearly also went into creating the right ambience from the moment the team bus pulls up behind the West Stand judging by the different lighting and imagery used to shift the mood as the players pass through the bowels of the arena.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The district’s disparate parts would be connected largely by two-lane highways cutting through steep slopes of places such as the Modoc National Forest, where nervous drivers must beware of a lack of guardrails.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The league feared the implications of disparate investors with financial but no regional or emotional link to the sport or a team.—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Contrasted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contrasted. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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