without a difference

Example Sentences

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That’s really a distinction without a difference, though.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

That may seem like a distinction without a difference, but it’s an important detail.

From Washington Times • Mar. 17, 2023

Hamline disputes the nonrenewal constitutes a “firing” or a “dismissal,” though Redden said the school is making a distinction without a difference.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2023

But it's a distinction, finally, without a difference, when so many people are too afraid to speak up, and essentially go along.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2022

This is not merely a distinction without a difference, the body is in very different states, under these two different forms of disease.

From Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease by Garnett, Thomas