difference
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Scientists describe this type of physical difference between males and females as sexual dimorphism.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
She said the difference between the two teams on the day was down to confidence.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
"The elevation difference is high, within a very short length," Maharjan said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
It teaches the difference between boyhood and manhood, between self-indulgence and self-restraint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Alas, there was a difference between someone being capable of work and someone finding endless joy in it.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Compared to gas-powered Cayennes, the EV rides on a 5-inch-longer wheelbase and sits a bit lower overall, but the differences are overwhelmed by the family resemblance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Bonnetheads are small relatives of hammerhead sharks and are the only shark species known to show clear sex based differences in head shape.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Jessica Hall explained the differences between this survey of retirement destinations and others that rank Florida lower.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
According to the AAA's data, those in the Western states pay much more than those elsewhere, due to tax differences and distance from US oil producers.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
He was especially predisposed to forgive or ignore political differences when the other person had been one of the “band of brothers” in 1776.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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
Prince John of Eltham, as I have already shown, and after him the Hollands, Dukes of Exeter, differenced England with a Bordure of France: No. 24.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2010
This is the earliest specimen of differencing I have met with.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
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
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
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
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 3
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