difference
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Political and media attention may have made a difference.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
But I can’t shake the feeling that there’s a difference between respecting someone’s independence and refusing to let the people who love you help.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
He continued, “And I thought, ‘Well, here’s the difference between my line of work and that line of work.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
“Regardless, the difference between our valuation assumption and the upfront sale price is arguably modest” versus Capstone’s over A$11 billion market value, it says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
He was young enough to be my friend and had taught me how to tell the difference between pearls and glass beads.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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“Whether or not someone dislikes rankings, one has to acknowledge that there are huge differences in how universities educate students,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Scientists privately discuss differences in interpretations, agreeing on regular updates for the public via media briefings and social media postings.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Those differences effectively committed the cells to separate developmental paths from the start.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
We can be sure that the Chinese side never lets pragmatic cooperation in areas of mutual interest obscure the core differences that divide us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
In fact, the differences in sound between a major key and a minor key is one of the first differences that a musician should be able to hear.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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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
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 R. B. Utting
This is the earliest specimen of differencing I have met with.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
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
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
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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