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[dif-er] / ˈdɪf ər /




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Definitions of what makes a working-class voter differ depending on who you ask.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

They also differ from one another in tone and party programme.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

The two reports sometimes differ sharply month to month, but they head in the same direction over time.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

There are so many tariffs that differ between the U.S. and Canada that fair trade between the two countries has become overly complicated to achieve.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

The reports differ in detail, but always repeat the theme of death to wildlife in the wake of pesticides.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

A single venom can contain around 100 toxin proteins belonging to multiple protein families, and venom composition differs from one snake species to another.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

In the UK, where education differs between the home nations, 15,566 students took the tests in 515 schools.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

The uncertainty comes on top of a voting system that already differs dramatically from state to state.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

I asked Arora how Deep Cogito’s approach differs from other techniques such as retrieval-augmented generation, which retrieves relevant proprietary data and business context and provides it to an AI model at inference time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

This differs from Kodály’s use of solfege in that it is always combined with movement.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Román would make the decision “based on” a point system that differed from what was laid out in the original request for proposals, according to an addendum sent to the bidders.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

The WalletHub ranking differed from other recent listings, which have highlighted unique locales as the top retirement destinations, such as Wyoming, New Hampshire and Midland, Mich.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

U.S. home price growth rose in June as home-price trends differed throughout regions and inflation cooled.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The melting temperatures measured in the laboratory differed by roughly 20% from temperatures predicted by theoretical models.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

The Gallivespians bred these creatures carefully, and each clan’s insects differed from the rest.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

In a recent paper, economists Doug Elmendorf, Karen Dynan and Louise Sheiner examined scenarios in which AI sustainably boosted annual productivity growth by a half to a full percentage point, with differing impacts on employment.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Longer-range models depict widely differing possibilities for the last week of August and the first week of September, so confidence in the outlook is low.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Cope gave differing measurements of the vertebra at various times, making it unclear quite how large it actually was.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

With the show’s upcoming launch, the goal of “Stuart” is not only to entertain audiences, but given its differing terrain from “Big Bang Theory” and its spinoffs, it will also surprise and feel unpredictable.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

But my mother’s sharply differing opinion was an exception rather than the rule among tribal women.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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