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Views differ somewhat, with Grace Zwemmer, US economist at Oxford Economics, expecting rates to remain unchanged, but almost universally a rate cut appears to be off the table.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Where they differ from the market consensus is they voice their opinion that inflation data has been more encouraging than expected with eurozone’s core consumer price index only up 2.4% year- over-year in August.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Females and males also differ noticeably in appearance.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
These three films may differ in their likability, but they’re united in their plainness.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Based on these mini-experiments, modern grammarians have sorted words into grammatical categories that sometimes differ from the traditional pigeonholes.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Mars, whose composition differs from both Earth and the Moon, may have formed farther away.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The image Byfield presented in his 1840 memoir differs sharply from the one found in his later autobiography.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
The uncertainty comes on top of a voting system that already differs dramatically from state to state.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The accounting giant says the buildout of artificial intelligence differs from the development of railways and the internet because of its scale and spending growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Children’s musical play differs from teacher-structured play in an educational setting.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Italy's far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, said that although their "backgrounds and perspectives differed, that never prevented me from acknowledging her significance and her role in our nation's public life".
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
When those who lived with the cat were involved, the results differed drastically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
What differed among the groups was the additional treatment they received.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
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
I don’t know, maybe your experience differed from mine.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
When speak to people and businesses on Mere Street, there was agreement that pigeons were causing mess, but there were differing views on how to tackle the issue.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
In a recent paper, economists Doug Elmendorf, Karen Dynan and Louise Sheiner examined scenarios in which AI sustainably boosted annual productivity growth by a half to a full percentage point, with differing impacts on employment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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
After eight Top 40 singles and a triple-platinum LP, the Bangles split in 1989 amid differing ideas about the band’s creative direction and ambitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
He watched John’s fingers as they searched out the tune, how they danced on the strings to make the differing chords.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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