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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 contrasting
Julia Teti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Solid colorways can be mixed and matched, while contrasting edge-trim ensures these never fall flat on your tablescape.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
The 2025 versions have much more contrasting offensive styles.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
The national soccer teams of Argentina and Venezuela enter their friendly match at Hard Rock Stadium on Friday night in starkly contrasting situations.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
After all, the moody duet features the gorgeously contrasting tones of Bon Iver's Justin Vernon with Swift's more delicate vocals as the two portray exes who are parsing what went wrong in their relationship.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
In part, the contrasting results show the importance of how survey questions are worded.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Waltman hand-carves each of her patterns and uses slip and ash glaze to add contrasting tones.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
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
Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
The jacket can also be styled with jeans in a contrasting color or wash to achieve a dimensional look.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Their experiences span city, county, and campus policing, offering contrasting perspectives on how to lead the Sheriff’s Office through a period of change.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
In a dramatic shift from her traditional all-black Remembrance ensembles, the Princess of Wales opted for the somber black dress with contrasting prairie collar.
—Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2025
Her movie homes feature neutral color palettes with contrasting pieces and natural materials that add warmth and longevity.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
The president's contrasting approaches to the GOP candidates in Virginia and New Jersey could signal their political prospects, as Earle-Sears is trailing by 10 percentage points in the Real Clear Politics average of polls, while Ciattarelli trails by just three.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
The reaction of the teams’ two bosses said everything about their ages, contrasting experience, and the game state.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Hiroshige’s dramatic composition contrasting nature and civilization creates a sense of movement and immediacy, and sends a shiver down the viewer’s spine—a feeling that García Sánchez also tried to capture.
—Françoise Mouly, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
Tyla’s bold look wholly centered her jacket, featuring shells with a shine of muted golds and silver throughout to accentuate the style and add contrasting tones to the overall look.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Solid colorways can be mixed and matched, while contrasting edge-trim ensures these never fall flat on your tablescape.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
The 2025 versions have much more contrasting offensive styles.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
The national soccer teams of Argentina and Venezuela enter their friendly match at Hard Rock Stadium on Friday night in starkly contrasting situations.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
After all, the moody duet features the gorgeously contrasting tones of Bon Iver's Justin Vernon with Swift's more delicate vocals as the two portray exes who are parsing what went wrong in their relationship.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
In part, the contrasting results show the importance of how survey questions are worded.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Waltman hand-carves each of her patterns and uses slip and ash glaze to add contrasting tones.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
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
Verb
For the white colorway, a contrasting gum sole with a soft suede toe highlights the sneaker, while the black version features a brown distressed tooling.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
The jacket can also be styled with jeans in a contrasting color or wash to achieve a dimensional look.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Their experiences span city, county, and campus policing, offering contrasting perspectives on how to lead the Sheriff’s Office through a period of change.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
In a dramatic shift from her traditional all-black Remembrance ensembles, the Princess of Wales opted for the somber black dress with contrasting prairie collar.
—Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2025
Her movie homes feature neutral color palettes with contrasting pieces and natural materials that add warmth and longevity.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
The president's contrasting approaches to the GOP candidates in Virginia and New Jersey could signal their political prospects, as Earle-Sears is trailing by 10 percentage points in the Real Clear Politics average of polls, while Ciattarelli trails by just three.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
The reaction of the teams’ two bosses said everything about their ages, contrasting experience, and the game state.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Hiroshige’s dramatic composition contrasting nature and civilization creates a sense of movement and immediacy, and sends a shiver down the viewer’s spine—a feeling that García Sánchez also tried to capture.
—Françoise Mouly, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contrasting
Adjective
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And to get to play these characters that are layered and complex and multidimensional is really fun — anything where there's a public and a private life, and a secret, and different elements at play, and having to keep different balls in the air is really fulfilling and fun.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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Each box of pods follows the same format as their whole bean deliveries, single origin from a range of different coffee-producing countries and ready to drop right into a Keurig machine.—
Noah Kaufman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
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How Climate Affects Planting Time Part of the reason for the differing opinions on when to plant a rose lies in the wide variation in climate across the US.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
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Five straps of differing widths hold the foot in place as the shoe’s upper balance on top of a six-inch heel.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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This approach seems to be an emerging theme in organizations, not just in fashion, to bring together normally disparate functions to kickstart innovation efforts.—
Raj Dhiman,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
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But Gilsdorf and his wife arrived at the Auburn voting center to make sure their often disparate perspectives were heard on Election Day.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The neckline and bodice also featured contrasted fabric to the more muted emerald tone of the midi dress.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Its light blue gingham plaid is made of cotton fabric, and the stocking is adorned with a mint green bow for a contrasted look.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Though D’Angelo only released three albums in his lifetime, his beloved 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, followed by 2000’s Voodoo and 2014’s Black Messiah, Hill wrote that the singer’s aching vulnerability and incomparable passion moved, and inspired, the culture.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
15 Oct. 2025
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Alice In Chains’ Mike Inez and Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, all reflecting on Ozzy’s incomparable musical impact.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Contrasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contrasting. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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