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WordBand 8–8.5Toofey picks
juxtapose
/ˈdʒʌkstəˌpəʊz/
verb
To place two things side by side to show how they differ.
- “The report juxtaposes rising profits with falling wages.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))