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The phrase "a contrasting trend" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing differences or opposing patterns in data, research, or observations.
Example: "While the overall sales increased, there was a contrasting trend in the younger demographic, which showed a decline."
Alternatives: "an opposing trend" or "a divergent trend."
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However, a contrasting trend was observed with the 40-nm-thick sputtered AuNP layer (0.289 MΩ).
A contrasting trend was observed for the GA catabolic gene TaGA2ox7, which was expressed at negligible levels in the endosperm, but at higher levels in the seed coat/pericarp tissues and highest in the inner layer (Fig. 6).
Interestingly, a few plants like the legume crop chickpea (Cicer arietinum) show a contrasting trend, wherein more terpene emissions have been recorded in literature than the predicted genomic potential (Marked in bold font in Table 1).
But the report noted that even as the dropout rate was increasing a contrasting trend was developing: there was an increase in the percentage of students who were meeting the tougher new graduation standards.
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Marko [16] noted an apparently contrasting trend, with a significantly greater proportion of genetically structured species occurring in the lower midlittoral zone than in the upper midlittoral and higher zones.
(i) Boffetta et al. (2001) is a Swedish census study with indeterminate results regarding a causal association because: Contrasting trends of men and women detract from the diesel-lung cancer hypothesis.
And fashion being fashion, there were contrasting trends.
Sapling vulnerability to embolism shows contrasting trends with age in contaminated and non-contaminated regions.
These contrasting trends have been attributed to improved hygiene in developed nations (Bach 2002).
Overall, the changes in woodland, bushland, grassland, and bareland showed contrasting trends throughout the entire study period (Table 2).
Contrasting trends in E. coli and P. marinus strains are also observed for the dinucleotides AG/CT and GA/TC.
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