difference
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"I'm excited we established a signature that can help us better understand the difference between people who can maintain excellent cognitive performance and people who show cognitive decline," he said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Airlines including Delta, United and Alaska issued waivers to allow travelers to change plans without paying a difference in fare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Filipinos, with their passion for singing, are expected to be enthusiastic participants and the 11 million who live overseas might make a difference.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
"The difference from the last year is that the scale of these attacks is much, much, much bigger," Timchenko said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
To residents of coastal towns in those regions, the height of the wave made all the difference.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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United Airlines released a statement Friday saying it would waive change fees and fare differences for passengers who opt to reschedule their trip for a new flight departing on or before Nov. 20.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
“We don’t actually see the differences in skin color, nationality or the language you spoke when you were a kid,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
Zhang recognized that this approach could overlook important biological differences.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Combining these groups could obscure important differences in their underlying health and pregnancy risks.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
Adams was distinctive, however, for his tendency to regard even serious political and ideological differences as eminently negotiable once elemental bonds of personal trust and affection were established.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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When you are dead, and stand to me Not differenced, as now, But like again, will you be cold As when we lived, or how?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2016
If a second map of the exact same area is acquired when there is no snow, the two surfaces can be differenced to produce a snow depth map.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 10, 2012
"David is a point of differenced player and we are looking forward to him making an impact at the breakdown," the Australia forwards coach, Jim Williams, said.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2010
The echo of the Karstark sunburst was there for those who cared to look, but differenced to make the arms appropriate for House Thenn.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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H.R.H. the Prince of Wales bears a Shield—Quarterly, 1 and 4, England; 2, Scotland; 3, Ireland, differenced by a plain label of three points argent.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2010
This is the earliest specimen of differencing I have met with.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
An interesting example of early differencing is cited by Sir Harris Nicolas, in his ‘Roll of Carlaverok.’
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
These Dukes bore the Royal Arms as used in the reign of George III. and not as altered for Queen Victoria, differencing the accessories as well as the Shield with their labels.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
Sir Edmund Mauley in the 14th century is found differencing the black bend of his elder brother by charging it with three wyvers of silver.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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