Versus has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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| 1. | It's a comparison of setting the white balance to "auto" versus presetting it with white copy paper. | |
| 2. | The exchange rate of the dollar versus the euro has declined. | |
| 3. | Your opponents are an illusion. There are no distinct entities of "us" versus "them." | |
| 4. | Gandhi's strategy of civil disobedience only worked because of colonial India's racial homogeneity versus its british overlords. | |
| 5. | One key to understanding what keeps the spacecraft and its instruments safe, is understanding the concept of heat versus temperature. Counterintuitively, high temperatures do not always translate to actually heating another object. | |
| 6. | “I have no doubt that it's real,” says Surina Khan, CEO of the Women’s Foundation of California. “We just have to go to any store, and you can see that, let's say, a pink razor blade versus a blue one that men use, the pink one costs more. Haircuts cost more. Women's clothing cost more. It's definitely present and part of our reality.” | |
| 7. | If you are clear about your objectives and tolerance for error, the team will know the difference between when they are being detail-oriented versus nitpicking. |