as in against
in opposition or contrast to
It's your word versus his. She explained the use of a semicolon versus a colon.
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Recent Examples of versus
Unlike other charities, CZI made many grants for to support organizations’ general operating budgets, versus project-specific grants.
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Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Project Justice has a larger roster, three versus three tag matches (compared with Rival Schools' two versus two bouts), and team-up mechanics for bombastic special attacks.
—PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, 38% of young men surveyed called themselves Republicans versus 20% of young women who identified as part of the GOP.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
On a monthly basis, prices were unchanged, versus a rise of 0.4% in February.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
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Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Project Justice has a larger roster, three versus three tag matches (compared with Rival Schools' two versus two bouts), and team-up mechanics for bombastic special attacks.
—PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, 38% of young men surveyed called themselves Republicans versus 20% of young women who identified as part of the GOP.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
On a monthly basis, prices were unchanged, versus a rise of 0.4% in February.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for versus
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Bondi had publicly instructed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Mangione and has commented on the case on social media and in television appearances.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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The former lottery pick did not play in the biggest game of the regular season, the season finale against the Los Angeles Clippers, which caused many to question his future in San Francisco.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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Murder victim's family has been 'counting down the minutes' until South Carolina execution Texas pastor with simple dream killed in his own church.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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In February 2025, Gran Grif was linked to an attack that killed a Kenyan officer with the MSS mission.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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“Versus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/versus. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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