distinction
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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
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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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