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difference

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




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It was a minor difference that could turn into a catastrophic gamechanger.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

"It's made an enormous difference for people on all kinds of levels, with all kinds of perhaps physical restrictions on how they can move."

From BBC 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

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

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

“Titles make no difference to a soldier,” Alicia said.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

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

Then there is the major differences in what the outcome can be in a trial of the facts.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

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 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

I remember the woman who explained the pros and cons and price differences of various brands, how she measured my foot and told me I have an exceptionally narrow heel.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

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

Nothing gay, nothing gaudy; not a chain or a sash differenced one from another.

From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman

By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect. 

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2010

The arms borne in the usual manner were often surrounded with a bordure to indicate bastardy; of this mode of differencing several examples are furnished in the arms of existing peers descended from royalty.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

Rules of general enunciation made false in the applying, by the inability of perceiving in the instance the differencing conditions which qualify the rule, or suspend it.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various

Every mind has a new compass, a new direction of its own, differencing its genius and aim from every other mind.—We call this specialty the bias of each individual.

From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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




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