difference

Seeing people like yourself in the water can make a difference.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

The difference compared with standard treatment alone was substantial.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

That difference allows researchers to observe aging and lifespan outcomes in dogs much more quickly than would be possible in human studies.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

The question now is, do school phone bans actually make a difference in students’ lives?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

But in a wild state, the real difference is that we use controlled fire.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

"Financial support from parents often carries a powerful emotional meaning and some siblings tend to interpret differences in support as signs of favouritism, unequal love or a lack of recognition."

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

“It means we can have differences, even profound ones, and still choose dialogue, respect, and our shared humanity,” a spokeswoman for the organizer said in response to questions about opposition to the event.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

York had filed for divorce from his wife in May due to irreconcilable differences, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

While obvious differences exist between a shooting war in Iran and a trade dispute with Canada, the lessons are not dissimilar.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The concepts of multiculturalism or cultural pluralism developed partially to create a climate which encouraged understanding the differences between cultural groups.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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

The Label, with various Differences, has generally been the Royal Mark of Cadency; and now differenced silver Labels are borne, to mark Cadency, by every member of our Royal Family.

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

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

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

This is the earliest specimen of differencing I have met with.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower