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difference

[dif-er-uhns, dif-ruhns] / ˈdɪf ər əns, ˈdɪf rəns /




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The difference with Schlittler and Rice is that the Yankees snatched them up from directly under the nose of their fiercest rival.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

At 32, I like to feel fairly confident that, when it comes to relationships, I know the difference between love and comfort.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

And as the crosstabs showed, that difference was almost entirely among Latino men.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

McCarthy says how much you sink into your mattress "makes a huge difference in the subsequent height you then need from the pillow".

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Imogene told him it didn’t make any difference because the password that day was softball.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

Observational studies can reveal associations, but other differences between people who take a supplement and those who do not may contribute to the results.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

He says what's striking about Aberdeen is its joined-up approach, and the fact people "rolled up their sleeves" and overcame differences.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

For decades, therapists urged families to communicate better and work out differences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The differences in how AI has been developed and deployed within each country and then to other parts of the globe make a clear finish line basically nonexistent.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Reports of women in science and other important professions occurred frequently, but there was also much discussion about the differences.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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

The crest of a cadet is often differenced like the arms, and thus a wyver or a leopard will have a label about its neck.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect. 

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2010

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

Rules of general enunciation made false in the applying, by the inability of perceiving in the instance the differencing conditions which qualify the rule, or suspend it.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various

Tenants or neighbours of the great feudal lords were wont to make their arms by differencing the lord’s shield or by bringing some charge of it into their own bearings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

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




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