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
Scientists describe this type of physical difference between males and females as sexual dimorphism.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
"The elevation difference is high, within a very short length," Maharjan said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
There is an even bigger difference in the circuits associated with aggression.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
It made no difference if we had company, or if one of us was sick, Mama would still read from the Bible.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Our travel columnist’s guide to sorting out the differences between TSA PreCheck, Global Entry and Clear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
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
Studying bonnetheads across a wider geographic range could also reveal population differences that might otherwise remain hidden.
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
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 same 197 shield, No. 368—Or, a bend between six martlets sa., was also differenced by other families to mark their feudal alliance with the house of Luterell.
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
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
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
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
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
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