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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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The handful of researchers and companies leading the push to make IVM more mainstream are taking different approaches.—
Kristen V. Brown,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2025 -
His true goal of creating and refining Egypt’s sound in hip-hop has not changed, even if the circumstances around him and his lyrical themes have taken a different approach.—
Danny Hajjar,
Rolling Stone,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The group recognizes, however, that people have differing underlying risks for cancer and therefore supports the current recommendation that most men limit themselves to no more than two drinks a day and most women consume no more than one.—
Alice Park,
TIME,
4 Jan. 2025
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Broadly, this is a system of price controls in which an average or minimum price across a group of countries with similar gross domestic output per capita can serve as an anchor towards which differing prices may converge over time.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The amount of time and effort necessary to ensure that disparate technologies connect efficiently can be substantial.—
Sabeer Nelliparamban,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Multiple mountain ranges that demarcate the disparate communities of Los Angeles County create picturesque settings for homes—in dangerous proximity to scrub that is prone to catching fire.—
Andrew Moseman,
The Atlantic,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In 2020, Curry and Erick Peyton, the company’s CEO, were producing Underrated, the documentary about Curry’s emergence from Davidson College to his incomparable NBA career.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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Spend your time sipping cocktails at the overwater bar with incomparable views or doing laps in the Olympic-sized swimming pool.—
Sandra MacGregor,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Contrasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contrasting. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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