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Which word shares the same Latin root meaning "to creak, rattle, or crack," with discrepancy?

discrepancy

[dih-skrep-uhn-see] / dɪˈskrɛp ən si /


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Affidavit ballots are ones that were not immediately accepted because of a discrepancy such as lacking proper ID on election day.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Dollar General’s longstanding policy is that store managers can and should match lower shelf tag prices when a discrepancy is found, a company spokeswoman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

The researchers traced the discrepancy to a mistake in the city's geographic coordinates.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

However, the FT and Bloomberg both reported that the discrepancy was tied to differences between how the ChatGPT maker and its rival, Anthropic, determine annualized revenue.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

It was an eighth-grade boy who pointed out the discrepancy during a school visit some time after Totally Joe was published in 2005.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

Millions of voters have also been flagged for additional scrutiny after the ECI used automated systems to detect what they described as "logical discrepancies", including mismatched names and inconsistencies in family details.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Yi also points to discrepancies in the reported size of individual birth cohorts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Discussion of those and other discrepancies have been around for a long time.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026

"Information provided regarding the trucking company, driver and vehicles involved contained discrepancies and is currently being investigated."

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

But they were mostly quirks, discrepancies, most of them so minor that it will perhaps show you how little reason I had to imagine that anything was wrong.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt


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