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difference

[dif-er-uhns, dif-ruhns] / ˈdɪf ər əns, ˈdɪf rəns /




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That’s a difference of more than 7.6 million pounds of lettuce.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Sometimes the difference in prices comes down to when the gas station brought in its latest truckload of gas.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Samos business owner Giannis Kagias said Turkish visitors had "made a big difference" to the island's economy.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Early August could bring some rain to parts of the country, but the Met Office has said there is no sign of sustained rainfall that would make a significant difference to the dry conditions.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

But to grown-ups themselves, the difference between being, say, thirty-two and fifty-six is immense.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

A comparison of satellite imagery of the UK in May and July shows the stark differences in plant health.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Instead of producing increasingly dramatic differences between wealthy and ordinary households, Mohenjo-daro saw the size gap between its largest and smallest homes become narrower over time.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

When the train takes off, the students make these personality differences known.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

When it comes to relatability and authenticity, perhaps no better example of the differences between the two men can be seen in their marriages.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

Auditory discrimination exercises work the child’s ability to hear differences in sound in order to organize and make sense of sound.

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 Seal of William Fraser, No. 365, from Mr. Laing’s Collection, exemplifies in a singular and interesting manner the early use of a differenced Label.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.

By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect. 

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2010

These Dukes bore the Royal Arms as used in the reign of George III. and not as altered for Queen Victoria, differencing the accessories as well as the Shield with their labels.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.

An interesting example of early differencing is cited by Sir Harris Nicolas, in his ‘Roll of Carlaverok.’

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

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 Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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




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