difference
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When asked about Seyfried’s role in the documentary, Evans said he was “really glad that they included her because it shows what a difference there is between the real thing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026
So fast forward two and a half years, has the ban made a difference?
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
“And what makes the difference could be six months in when they bought.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
Despite that difference in timing, NASA's satellite measurements from October reveal striking similarities in how the two events are developing.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
“What difference does it make to you?” she said stiffly, glancing at her watch.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Natural predators, increasingly destructive storms, and differences in where the birds travel and feed could all be contributing.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
Brooker: One of the big differences between Diane and Philomena is Diane’s quite a generous laugher in real life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026
"Punk was and remains a tremendously positive thing. Freedom to be yourself, freedom to be proud of our differences," Idol said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 15, 2026
At the beginning of the study, people with high and low ARC scores showed no obvious differences in cognitive performance.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Adams was distinctive, however, for his tendency to regard even serious political and ideological differences as eminently negotiable once elemental bonds of personal trust and affection were established.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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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These first differences may themselves be differenced, giving the second differences Δu2 - Δu1, Δu3 - Δu2, ..., which are written Δ2u1, Δ2u2,...
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2010
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
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
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
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 R. B. Utting
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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