Example Sentences
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The decline in industrial output contrasted with expectations from economists polled by The Wall Street Journal for a 0.2% increase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Steven C. Kemp’s sets contrasted the forbiddingly gray and angular environment of Atlas with the riotously colored, luminescent trees and rocks of the world outside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
This contrasted with a long-standing Sikh tradition that, by as early as 1711, held Aurangzeb responsible for persecuting their spiritual leaders and community.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
The researchers contrasted the average returns of the hedge funds that met their specific criteria with all other hedge funds between 2006 and 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
By early middle age, Harding’s biographer Francis Russell writes, his “lusty black eyebrows contrasted with his steel-gray hair to give the effect of force, his massive shoulders and bronzed complexion gave the effect of health.”
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
