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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Different mediums — digital versus theatrical — have different speeds of delivering story and information.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Women tended to be less lonely than men at 60 percent versus 67 percent for men.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Over the course of the 2024-25 broadcast season, overall TV usage fell 10% versus the year-ago period, while the legacy cable bundle closed out the nine-month stretch with fewer than 45 million paying customers.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Charlotte’s office vacancy versus national trends What does this all mean for Charlotte?
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2025
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Women tended to be less lonely than men at 60 percent versus 67 percent for men.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Over the course of the 2024-25 broadcast season, overall TV usage fell 10% versus the year-ago period, while the legacy cable bundle closed out the nine-month stretch with fewer than 45 million paying customers.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Charlotte’s office vacancy versus national trends What does this all mean for Charlotte?
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for versus
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Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Bowlan had faced a batter over the minimum against the Carolina Mudcats.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Not affiliated with any State Lottery.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Crucially, the McG cycle links with the Calvin cycle, allowing the two systems to balance out excess molecules.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Versus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/versus. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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