difference
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Chawawa praises theatres for opening their doors to the Black Boys Theatre Club and other efforts to attract more diverse audiences, but says lower ticket prices and "a societal shift" will make a bigger difference.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
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
There is, however, a major difference in speed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Once he is on the field, however, the size difference is forgotten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Saving precious daylight hours could mean the difference between harvesting the food before the first frost or not, and having enough nourishment for the winter or not.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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This method uses naturally occurring genetic differences among people as a way to test whether a particular biological factor may contribute to an outcome.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
But he admitted both sides would have to make compromises to narrow the differences between them.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The credits likely wouldn’t have transferred anyway—the differences in the two education systems were vast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
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
If we fail to appreciate the differences, we will be hindered in our ability to meet the challenges created by the current moment.
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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Younger branches differenced in many ways, following no rule.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2010
This is the earliest specimen of differencing I have met with.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
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
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
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 Oliver Wendell Holmes
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 3
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