difference
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I’m puzzled by the difference between these two projections.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
The major difference lies in how that information is stored.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
"We fully support action against misleading advertising. But there is a world of difference between claiming something is risk free and explaining that a business operates responsibly," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
That’s a $90,000 difference, after all, and I believe it would be unwise to gloss over.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
Having canned enough food to feed yourself could mean the difference between surviving until spring or starving.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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There are also clear differences to the previous approach to welfare reform.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
One of the earliest documented occurrences of Chinese espionage in California occurred in 1979, the year Beijing and Washington set aside their differences and established full diplomatic relations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
The researchers found substantial differences in survival based on body weight at the time of dementia diagnosis.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
The differences found were modest and experts say longer studies are still needed to find out more.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
He was keen to elide the differences between ancient Rome and his own London, as well as those between Verona and Canterbury.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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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The use of the bendlet sinister for the debruising of crests still exists in 192 England and Ireland, but crests are not usually differenced for any reason in Scotland.
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
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
This is the earliest specimen of differencing I have met with.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
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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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