distinction
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That distinction could prove significant when lawyers examine exactly what Joshua's contract permits.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
"In this case, that distinction was decisive: removing NUDT5 revealed biology that conventional inhibitors missed."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
That distinction changes what a story asks of you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The law that created the center, he said, makes no distinction between the powers of different trustees, and it doesn’t permit the board to discriminate between them on powers, including the right to vote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
What was the gallant grace of the Lynns, the languid elegance of Lord Ingram,—even the military distinction of Colonel Dent, contrasted with his look of native pith and genuine power?
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Eschewing contextualization, hierarchy, poetry, mystery, the museum dissolves art’s essential distinctions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Rather than reacting only to familiar properties such as color or intensity, it detects subtle quantum distinctions in the incoming light.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Indeed, one of the striking features of the majority opinion is how persistently it resists artificial distinctions.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
Quite a few religions were considered cults in the beginning, Christianity among them, so it does make some sense not to wade too deeply into the finer distinctions.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Hopefully we won’t have to worry about faction distinctions anymore by the time this is over. It’ll be nice, I think.”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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