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difference

[dif-er-uhns, dif-ruhns] / ˈdɪf ər əns, ˈdɪf rəns /




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But an artist as big as Sheeran can make up the difference.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Or you can take the downgrade and get a refund of the difference between the original fare and what it calls the downgraded fare.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

“In many areas, there are currently more sellers than buyers, creating opportunities to negotiate on price or seek concessions that could outweigh the monthly payment difference between a 6.5% and 7% mortgage.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

Speaking to BBC Scotland News the day after his sister would have celebrated her 36th birthday, he said GPS monitoring would "absolutely make a difference".

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Because if she didn’t know the difference between a vest and a blouse, she was both a fool and a lousy conversationalist!

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

BlackRock wants to address those differences and says it can now use technology to bring customized features to companies and plans of all sizes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

These differences help explain why one person may remain relatively healthy and resilient later in life while another develops age-related health problems earlier.

From Science Daily Sep. 16, 2026

A summit designed to reset and improve EU-UK relations has just been delayed - again - over cross-Channel differences.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

A push for landmark US cryptocurrency legislation collapsed on Tuesday after Republicans and Democrats in Congress failed to bridge months-old differences over ethics, banking and how the fast-growing industry should be regulated.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

The similarities between genomes must explain the likeness between parents and their children, and mutations and recombination might explain their differences.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

When you are dead, and stand to me Not differenced, as now, But like again, will you be cold As when we lived, or how?

From Washington Post Jan. 27, 2016

If a second map of the exact same area is acquired when there is no snow, the two surfaces can be differenced to produce a snow depth map.

From Scientific American Apr. 10, 2012

"David is a point of differenced player and we are looking forward to him making an impact at the breakdown," the Australia forwards coach, Jim Williams, said.

From The Guardian Jul. 23, 2010

The echo of the Karstark sunburst was there for those who cared to look, but differenced to make the arms appropriate for House Thenn.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Our own prince of Wales bears the arms of Saxony above those of the United Kingdom differenced with his silver label.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect. 

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2010

An interesting example of early differencing is cited by Sir Harris Nicolas, in his ‘Roll of Carlaverok.’

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

Sir Edmund Mauley in the 14th century is found differencing the black bend of his elder brother by charging it with three wyvers of silver.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

In the Royal Heraldry of our own times the Bordure is not used as a Royal Difference; but its use is retained in Scotland for differencing Shields of less exalted rank.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting

These Dukes bore the Royal Arms as used in the reign of George III. and not as altered for Queen Victoria, differencing the accessories as well as the Shield with their labels.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting




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