in stark/marked/sharp contrast with/to

idiom

: very different from (something else)

His comments were in stark/marked/sharp contrast with/to his earlier statements.

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Recent Examples on the Web This was in stark contrast to present-day homes where valuable square footage would have been readily commandeered. —

Ken Fulk, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2024 This is in stark contrast to when an official portrait of Charles—the first since his coronation—was unveiled in May. —

Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 29 June 2024 Adaptability has also allowed great tits to colonize a habitat that is in stark contrast to an urban one. —

Anders Brodin, Scientific American, 25 June 2024 This is in stark contrast to practices elsewhere—the Day of the Dead in Mexico; the Japanese Buddhist festival of Obon, which honors ancestral spirits—that prepare grievers to carry a loss for their entire lives. —

Cody Delistraty, The New Yorker, 22 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for in stark/marked/sharp contrast with/to

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