discrepancy
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“The discrepancy between the honorable conduct expected of federal prosecutors and DOJ’s tactics in this case is unsettling,” McElroy wrote.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
However, the Korean shares cannot be converted into ADRs, preventing arbitrage by exploiting the discrepancy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Verizon agreed to pay BT an equalization payment—a settlement made to balance a financial discrepancy between two parties—of $625 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
That discrepancy suggested that a more detailed explanation was needed.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
And the documents revealed a vast discrepancy between what government officials had been saying publicly and what they knew to be true.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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Property, the largest concentration of global wealth, is overvalued by up to 50%, using price-to-affordability metrics, although there are significant locational discrepancies.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
God forbid that comes true, but if it does, this record is proof that Madonna is her discrepancies: She is this, and she is also that.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
A Labour MP has been cleared of breaching Parliament's expenses rules after an investigation into apparent discrepancies over accommodation and travel found he was "careful with spending public money".
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The risk of seeing such stark GPA discrepancies on transcripts would make it untenable for students to demand higher grades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Physically, there was very little indication that anything was happening at all—they were too clever for that—but even the tiny discrepancies that squeaked through their guard I met with a kind of willful blindness.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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