discrepancy
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It is understood that the MoD's position is that the £6.1bn discrepancy relates to how funds paid over the past 15 years should be accounted for now.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Grimmer said it was not surprising to him that people were watching the data feeds come in closely enough to notice an apparent discrepancy in the data that lasted less than a minute.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Credit Lauri Myllyvirta of the nonprofit Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air for spotting this discrepancy and sleuthing out its cause.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
The results were nearly identical, suggesting that the composition of the masses was not responsible for the discrepancy.
From Science Daily • May 18, 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
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