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




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She appreciates that some people might be sceptical about the difference breathing techniques actually make to stressful situations but urges people to try them.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

That difference allows researchers to observe aging and lifespan outcomes in dogs much more quickly than would be possible in human studies.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

The difference two decades later is that Djokovic is intimately familiar with what it takes over the next two weeks to finally reach No. 25.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

The overall difference this strategy made stands out quite starkly on Dog’s profile: Their most recent posts from the pre-Ryonex era, Aug. 6 and before, each got a few thousand likes.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

The thirteen-year age difference between Maggie and Elisha was normal for a courting couple of their time, but Philadelphia society gossiped due to their class difference.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

A secondary analysis found even larger differences in some outcomes.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

“It means we can have differences, even profound ones, and still choose dialogue, respect, and our shared humanity,” a spokeswoman for the organizer said in response to questions about opposition to the event.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Multiple women diagnosed later in life told her the diagnosis alleviated some of the shame and confusion they felt about their differences.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

While obvious differences exist between a shooting war in Iran and a trade dispute with Canada, the lessons are not dissimilar.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

“It’ll be our job to remember the parts we got wrong and make it better for our children and grandchildren. Embrace our differences, and still find a way to make peace.”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales bears a Shield—Quarterly, 1 and 4, England; 2, Scotland; 3, Ireland, differenced by a plain label of three points argent.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting

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

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

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

In the Royal Heraldry of our own times the Bordure is not used as a Royal Difference; but its use is retained in Scotland for differencing Shields of less exalted rank.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting




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