difference
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The Bishop of Leicester raised in the House of Lords his concern "about the lack of clarity on the difference between harmful conversion practices and perfectly acceptable practices of pastoral care and indeed prayer".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
It was a minor difference that could turn into a catastrophic gamechanger.
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
While leaders with unique strengths sometimes make a difference no one else could have, Mr. Diamond says that many others often would have had similar achievements under the same circumstances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
He was young enough to be my friend and had taught me how to tell the difference between pearls and glass beads.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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The mismatch in priorities isn’t new, and the last attempt at hashing out differences over AI is a cautionary tale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Our article shows that racial health disparities come from both differences in exposure to environmental stressors and different underlying vulnerability stemming from, for instance, genetics or access to healthcare.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The researchers say the findings could eventually help consumers better understand the nutritional differences among pigmented rice varieties while also encouraging the creation of new health-focused foods.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
These concerns are crystallized in his 1956 play “The Visit,” a work that has some of the hallmarks of the absurdist comedies of the period but just as many differences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Sure, they’d had their differences; but after all they’d been through together, Frank didn’t want to see Leo get his heart broken.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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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
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Sixthly, They are also differenced in respect of the subjects.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2010
Tenants or neighbours of the great feudal lords were wont to make their arms by differencing the lord’s shield or by bringing some charge of it into their own bearings.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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
This is the earliest specimen of differencing I have met with.
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
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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