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




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Yet there’s a difference between AMD benefiting from “Nvidia-specific uncertainty” and gaining market share in a “durable” way.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

The past several weeks have shown the difference between American and foreign SI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Going forward, what is the difference having Pollock there?

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

This difference has important consequences for how long marine snow remains intact.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

What difference does it make if it’s now or later?

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The differences found were modest and experts say longer studies are still needed to find out more.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

“That passion sometimes makes us get spicy about the differences we have on how we get there.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

Savings and investing strategies, and breaking down the differences in retirement accounts, were especially popular.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

"That's basically the reason you do proof-of-concept testing. There are a lot of differences in the space environment compared to down on Earth," Suh explains.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

But the more mundane truth is that they never faced and therefore never fully resolved all their political differences; they simply outlived them.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

Younger branches differenced in many ways, following no rule.

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

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

The arms borne in the usual manner were often surrounded with a bordure to indicate bastardy; of this mode of differencing several examples are furnished in the arms of existing peers descended from royalty.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

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

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


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