as in differing
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
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
Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Venus outshines the star by a factor of 120 to 1, and yet their proximity for several mornings intensifies the contrasting yellow-white of the planet and bluish white of the star.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The content drew attention to the country’s inequality by contrasting the lives of the children of the country’s elite – with designer clothing and foreign vacations – with images of Nepali migrant workers returning home in coffins from dangerous jobs abroad.
—Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
The actress’ monochrome ensemble included a long dress with a drop waist and contrasting fabric, along with a voluminous coat with statement shoulders and textural fabric.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
Somewhere between their two perspectives might be reality, and The Girlfriend invites us to make our own decisions by splitting each of its six episodes into halves contrasting Laura’s and Cherry’s experiences of the same events.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Finding themes where characters can continuously engage and undermine one another in this way, as a kind of contrasting ideal, is the most gratifying thing to me as a creator.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
The first two matches this season provided contrasting evidence as to whether Wieffer, after a difficult debut campaign with Brighton, is getting to grips with a position that was alien to him in his native Netherlands.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The general shape and stance are untouched, but the aero kit features more active elements and there are contrasting Turbonite accents.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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
Adjective
Panels and blocks of fabric on skirts, jackets and dresses — sometimes in monochrome, other times in contrasting color — gave the collection a collage composition.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Venus outshines the star by a factor of 120 to 1, and yet their proximity for several mornings intensifies the contrasting yellow-white of the planet and bluish white of the star.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The content drew attention to the country’s inequality by contrasting the lives of the children of the country’s elite – with designer clothing and foreign vacations – with images of Nepali migrant workers returning home in coffins from dangerous jobs abroad.
—Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
The actress’ monochrome ensemble included a long dress with a drop waist and contrasting fabric, along with a voluminous coat with statement shoulders and textural fabric.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
Somewhere between their two perspectives might be reality, and The Girlfriend invites us to make our own decisions by splitting each of its six episodes into halves contrasting Laura’s and Cherry’s experiences of the same events.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Finding themes where characters can continuously engage and undermine one another in this way, as a kind of contrasting ideal, is the most gratifying thing to me as a creator.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
The first two matches this season provided contrasting evidence as to whether Wieffer, after a difficult debut campaign with Brighton, is getting to grips with a position that was alien to him in his native Netherlands.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The general shape and stance are untouched, but the aero kit features more active elements and there are contrasting Turbonite accents.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contrasting
Verb
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That coverage was at odds with fostering civil dialogue and being willing to listen to the points of view of those who have differing opinions.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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From the Roman centurion to the woman at the well, Jesus frequently interacted with and helped outsiders from differing tribes.—
John Fugelsang
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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These gains appeared across different growing conditions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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That's because nudity can take on drastically different meanings.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Standardizing once and integrating everywhere ensures data models harmonize disparate protocols such as PLC tags, LIMS records and MES batches.—
Nagesh Nama,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Even so, the original score by Mary Komasa and Antoni Komasa Lazarkiewicz, supplemented by sadcore indie tracks by Trupa Trupa, is a presence throughout, acting like a sonic glue that holds the chronologically disparate sequences of the film together while adding a distinct modernity to the tone.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Mayonnaise helps to hold the tuna together and toasted sesame oil lends incomparable nuttiness.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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The scale of what is happening today is of course incomparable to the mass purges of those times.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Contrasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contrasting. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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