contradistinguished

past tense of contradistinguish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for contradistinguished
Verb
  • The ethnicity of the Japanese and Taiwanese men taking studio shots can no longer be differentiated by a choice between modern or traditional pose and attire.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 13 Sep. 2025
  • This may seem like an odd fit, but the Shakers differentiated themselves with their erratic movements (like shaking, hence the name), song, and dance while praying, so the genre proves to be an organic choice.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Olly Curtis | Future via Getty Images The Department of Justice sued Uber on Thursday, alleging the ride-hailing giant discriminated against riders with disabilities, according to a filing.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The federal government is also reshaping its approach to investigating civil rights violations, taking a stance that DEI programs have discriminated against white and Asian students.
    Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The ball smashes into the floodlights, and Hobbs sets off on his victory trot, in slow motion, with sparks cascading behind him like fireworks.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The Rumors The identification of Rivas set off a wave of speculation and rumor, especially regarding her possible ties to Burke.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Guests discerned that their experiences were better at specific races, and attendance numbers fluctuated across the seasons.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Ever since its founding, Starbucks has distinguished itself by its capacity for innovation.
    Randy Bean, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In the preceding years, views toward socialism — distinguished by collective ownership of the means of production — remained relatively unchanged.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An explosion separated the Bell’s tail boom, main rotor, mast and transmission and sent the fuselage crashing into the ground.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As before, the Humane Editor uses a large central workspace subdivided into individual documents, here separated by backtick characters.
    Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Contradistinguished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contradistinguished. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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