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Identifying the safest place to extract it was not straightforward, particularly as anatomy tends to differ between individuals.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Everyone agrees there should be higher standards—they merely differ on who gets to set them.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
The markup process in workflows such as contract review and negotiation, which takes a form known as redlining, can differ widely from one partner or senior attorney to another, according to Drumright.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
These features differ from those documented in previously known mosasaurs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
The questionnaires were long and involved, and over time Hofstede was able to develop an enormous database for analyzing the ways in which cultures differ from one another.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Where it differs the most from others is that its top export partner is Russia, which accounts for 34.9% of all goods sold by Armenia in 2025.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Researchers still do not know how long queens can continue transferring contaminants into their eggs, what the long-term consequences may be for the colony, or whether the process differs depending on the pesticide involved.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
While European liquidity broadly follows American trends, there is one sphere in which the liquidity cycle differs markedly: China, which is also travelling in the opposite direction, according to Howell.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Hunnam is conscious that his turn in “Monster” differs from the men audiences have come to expect from him in shows like “Sons of Anarchy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Because language is evolving rapidly, and because different people have different preferences, always adopt the language individuals use about themselves, even if it differs from what’s here.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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Oldenburg later said in an interview that their works differed in that Kusama relied on objects in a single, repeated shape, whereas his soft sculptures represented true-to-life objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
U.S. home price growth rose in June as home-price trends differed throughout regions and inflation cooled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
He had announced his retirement on Tuesday, saying his understanding of the paper's value and mission differed in "fundamental ways" from the Pentagon's plans for the publication.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Several factors could help explain why the results differed by beverage type, according to the researchers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
They differed primarily in their techniques for achieving that end.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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Sure enough, Heyward and Freeman both headed south that day — still driving separately because of their differing morning routines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Longer-range models depict widely differing possibilities for the last week of August and the first week of September, so confidence in the outlook is low.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Cope gave differing measurements of the vertebra at various times, making it unclear quite how large it actually was.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Tahoe straddles California and Nevada, plus several local counties and towns, often with differing guidelines on something as basic as stowing garbage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
He could already see two differing philosophies among the prisoners.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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