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

“It is trading scarcity, and that distinction changes everything.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 29, 2026

Often, however, there is no distinction between the two, and either is used, especially Tartarus, as a name for the entire lower region.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton