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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Young, a British Columbia native who played for three different colleges and spent seven seasons in the minors before playing for the Doosan Bears in South Korea last season, hit his fourth career Major League homer and his first since September 2009 with the Chicago Cubs.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025 -
But Mbappe chose to distance himself from that debate and his opening season was different to Ronaldo’s.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
28 May 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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Sport is not just a live broadcast product, the action is now being repackaged across disparate media platforms, finding new audiences in faraway places.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
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Yet the themes remained disparate, with sophisticated AI integration sitting alongside retro ideas like putting ancestry records on blockchain.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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The limited menu is excellent: The salad with branzino is a particular success, and the French omelette is incomparable.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Iraq’s first film ever here, The President’s Cake — the People’s Choice winner over at Directors’ Fortnight — was an early favorite of mine, as was Scarlett Johansson’s directing debut — Eleanor the Great in Un Certain Regard — starring the incomparable June Squibb, a powerhouse at age 95.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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“Contrasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contrasting. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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