[Vocabulary] to stand in contrast to

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Hi :-D,
I just heard this expression in the VOW agriculture report, can you tell me what it stands for?

Thanks.
 
Jellybeans31 said:
Hi :-D,
I just heard this expression in the VOW agriculture report, can you tell me what it stands for?

Thanks.
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It means it's compared to something else. It's extremely different from what it's being compared to.
 
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