as in different
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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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Adjective
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In biology, sometimes many different molecules can do the same job.—
Philip Ball,
Wired News,
8 June 2025 -
Granted, the level of opponents was different this time around, but still, there is a risk this could be considered a setback.—
Manuel Veth,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Verb
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Dress for Road Trip Comfort Temperature swings are common on the road, especially with sun exposure and differing AC preferences.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Apr. 2025
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Like the stylist who cuts your hair or the technician who paints your nails, plastic surgeons are artists of sorts who have differing creative vibes.—
Nicola Dall'Asen,
Allure,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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What’s the key to getting a group of disparate people to all buy into the same vision?—
Maria Fontoura,
Rolling Stone,
7 June 2025
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Before the stadium could be authorized and funded, Rifkin needed to stitch together consensus among disparate stakeholders.—
Jeff Barker,
Baltimore Sun,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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His vast catalog of incomparable achievement also contained thwarted hopes and despair amid his drug abuse and mental illness.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2025
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The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa’s visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
9 June 2025
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“Contrasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contrasting. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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