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distinction

[dih-stingk-shuhn] / dɪˈstɪŋk ʃən /




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But he didn’t appreciate the “legal” immigrant distinction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The distinction suggests that depression may alter emotional attention through different pathways depending on a child's underlying level of familial risk.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

That distinction could prove significant when lawyers examine exactly what Joshua's contract permits.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

This distinction matters because authorship isn’t merely credit for arranging words.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Even before he discovered the law of fall, Galileo had been questioning the distinction between the two worlds.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

There’s no obvious reason the same distinctions shouldn’t apply when the ghostwriter is a machine rather than a human.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Treating scientific opinion as simply “for” or “against” risks flattening these important distinctions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

She puzzles out the distinctions among nursing homes, assisted living facilities and continuing care retirement communities, as well as home healthcare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Indeed, one of the striking features of the majority opinion is how persistently it resists artificial distinctions.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

Social distinctions and chiefly powers increased on high-density islands with large political units, being especially marked on Tonga and the Societies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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