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differently

[dif-er-uhnt-lee, dif-ruhnt‐] / ˈdɪf ər ənt li, ˈdɪf rənt‐ /


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Instead, Nile’s notoriety and status informed Rhys’ choices: “People treat you differently if they know you’re incredibly wealthy. If you have this social stigma of a missing wife, people treat you very differently.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Four people who had been stuck in the cycle of sending hundreds of applications and rarely hearing back have shared the one thing they did differently to secure their first jobs.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Ms. de Graaf is similarly skeptical of the question’s usefulness and helpfully describes what she calls “epistemic” rationality: It involves “the way you appraise reality. Maybe you appraise it differently from other people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The researchers selected uranium, cerium, and cesium because each behaves differently during condensation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

All that mattered was that he spoke differently enough for other people to notice it, and if we noticed it, then they might too.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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