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difference

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




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I know there is a slight time difference between the two cities, but I don’t think it should be this hard to get a response from her.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

That’s a difference of more than 7.6 million pounds of lettuce.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Samos business owner Giannis Kagias said Turkish visitors had "made a big difference" to the island's economy.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

But the most marked difference for the Bruins on that side of the ball should be the ground game.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

All fine enough, but the details made little difference to her.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

“The way those differences get resolved is through electoral competition.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

Researchers examined differences in house sizes across the city and found that wealth became more evenly distributed as Mohenjo-daro matured.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

When it comes to relatability and authenticity, perhaps no better example of the differences between the two men can be seen in their marriages.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

He says the theory offers "one of the best explanations" for the differences in how people seek support and connection with others.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

So very small differences in the mouth and lips can mean the wrong harmonic comes out.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

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

He uses the analogy of the seed, showing that the future body is related to this; and differenced from this, as the plant is related to the seed, and yet different from it.

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman

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 Lower, Mark Antony

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

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 Utting, R. B.

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 Utting, R. B.




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