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differentiation

[dif-uh-ren-shee-ay-shuhn] / ˌdɪf əˌrɛn ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /


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The differentiation is increasingly important as the field gets more competitive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

On “To Catch a Predator,” there is no differentiation between the levels of danger the men pose; no mercy for those who understand they’re sick and desperately plead for rehabilitation.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

But to offer some differentiation, many will doubtless portray him as being a bit too out there, especially when they start making the electability argument.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

They are also examining how both menthol and WS-23 affect the differentiation of embryonic cells.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

Calculus is the combination of these two tools, differentiation and integration, in one package.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Unless, we should say, those differentiations are superpowers, as they’re presented in “The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh.”

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2024

Although Eritreans supporting the regime would not appear to be in need of international protection as refugees, the authorities in Israel have not made differentiations between asylum seekers based on their political affiliations until now.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2023

But he was swamped with questions about how an officer might make such differentiations.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2021

But Rushford revels in finding minute differentiations of expression within the general climate of calm.

From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2020

The free-swimming embryo of an aquatic annelid, being ovate and not ciliated all over, moves with one end foremost; and its differentiations proceed in conformity with this contrast of circumstances.

From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer




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