distinction

Example Sentences

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The director has the striking distinction of having staged the premieres of plays that won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in back-to-back years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The specimen had even earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records, but scientists now say that distinction was based on a misinterpretation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

She has a firm idea about the distinction between two very different theories of citizenship: jus soli, based on soil, and jus sanguinis, based on descent.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Plaintiffs’ attorneys in the California case understood this distinction clearly and built their strategy around it.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

In this tiny room, it was about as far away as if he'd sat right next to her on the bed, but the distinction between chair and bed somehow felt safer, less scandalous.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon