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differential

[dif-uh-ren-shuhl] / ˌdɪf əˈrɛn ʃəl /










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But when the Seleção found the back of the Scottish net for the third time on Wednesday, Scotland knew its goal differential had cratered—and its week had suddenly become very painful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

The Netherlands and Japan are tied on points, wins and goal differential and played to a draw in their head-to-head match, so whoever does better on the final day wins the group.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

Mexico has a one-goal lead in goal differential but will be facing South Korea without defender César Montes, who drew a silly red card in stoppage time of El Tri’s win over South Africa.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

The findings were published in Nature Communications in a paper titled "Cryogenic neuromorphic circuits using gate-controlled negative differential resistance in silicon carbide."

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

Two years later he invented the differential calculus.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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