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by contrast
[ bahy kon-trast ]
idiom
- (used when making a comparison to something strikingly different from what was previously mentioned):
Theater costumes must be viewed from a distance; film, by contrast, is all about close-ups.
Word History and Origins
Origin of by contrast1
Example Sentences
By contrast, the Europeans and Ukrainians will only discuss what happens to occupied Ukrainian territory after a ceasefire has come into effect.
Other Texas abortion laws, by contrast, do explicitly protect pregnant people from prosecution for obtaining an abortion.
Francis, by contrast, likened the church to a battlefield hospital tending to the spiritually wounded.
He, by contrast, preferred a gentler form of pastoral support.
Leclerc, by contrast, drove an outstanding race with a long first stint on the medium tyres to catch and pass Mercedes' George Russell for the final podium place.
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