difference
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But the truth is, you have to be wringing the Turbo out pretty hard to feel a difference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
She said the difference between the two teams on the day was down to confidence.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
There is, however, a major difference in speed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Once he is on the field, however, the size difference is forgotten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The cave is cold, or I am cold—I'm not sure there’s a difference between me and the cave at this point.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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The credits likely wouldn’t have transferred anyway—the differences in the two education systems were vast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Taken together, these differences in both cell populations and tissue structure could help explain why inflammation develops more readily in some joints than in others.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
Jessica Hall explained the differences between this survey of retirement destinations and others that rank Florida lower.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Akiiki has since appealed for the dispute to be dealt with privately, saying he wanted to meet other elders to resolve their differences.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
A commitment to color consciousness, by contrast, places faith in our capacity as humans to show care and concern for others, even as we are fully cognizant of race and possible racial differences.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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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This eliminates the need for an elaborate system of cadency, though to prevent confusion, the spouse's and heir's arms are differenced.
From Concordance A Terran Empire concordance by Ann Wilson
By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2010
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
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
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
Sir Edmund Mauley in the 14th century is found differencing the black bend of his elder brother by charging it with three wyvers of silver.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 3
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