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Meanings of contrasting in English

Strikingly different; tending to contrast.

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Usage of contrasting in English
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The debates reflected two contrasting sides of the one coin: consumer protection.
The Irish Times
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But the contrasting sleeves are right on point with what's trending now.
Ebony
3
The contrasting temperature pattern noticed by Saabye appear to still hold true.
Reuters
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In particular, Spanish and Catalan nationalists advocate contrasting scenarios for post-Brexit Scotland.
The Irish Times
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They could not have arrived at this moment under more contrasting circumstances.
The Guardian
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A decline in species dominance may be responsible for these contrasting patterns.
Pubmed
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In Portugal, no standard ecological deprivation index exists, contrasting with other countries.
Pubmed
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Martin Guptill and Tom Latham form a contrasting and exciting opening partnership.
Reuters
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It is darkness seen through light; a contrasting of existence and nothingness.
A Voyage to Arcturus
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Take on the other side the contrasting fact of the Erie Canal.
Select Speeches of Kossuth
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But perhaps one can understand it by contrasting it with levelling down.
The Guardian
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In such a case we see the contrasting colour as coloured after-image.
Man or Matter / Introduction to a Spiritual Understanding of Nat...
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Yet, rarely can one recall such contrasting views of what had unfolded.
The Irish Times
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It's the application of contrasting colours that really sets the Abarth apart.
The Irish Times
15
The contrasting colors made the braiding process clearly visible and more understandable.
A Grandpa's Notebook / Ideas, Models, Stories and Memoirs to Enc...
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They shook hands; his confused manner contrasting strongly with her perfect serenity.
Agatha's Husband: A Novel
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