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Starker

American  
[shtahr-ker] / ˈʃtɑr kər /

noun

  1. Janos 1924–2013, U.S. cellist, born in Hungary.


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The starker contrast is on foreign policy.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Los Angeles County immigration courts — among the largest in the country — the trend is substantially starker: no-shows made up 56% of the asylum hearings in January, compared with 14% a year earlier.

From Los Angeles Times

He framed what happened to Millward in even starker terms, calling it “not merely an administrative dispute over what counts as art or what is culturally important.”

From Salon

One reason is that the gap in funding and infrastructure between the U.S. and the rest of the world is even starker in women’s sports than it is on the men’s side.

From The Wall Street Journal

The technology sector’s great divide has only gotten starker this earnings season.

From MarketWatch