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differential

[dif-uh-ren-shuhl] / ˌdɪf əˈrɛn ʃəl /










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All season long, the Spurs were one of the NBA’s most dominant teams, trailing only the now-vanquished Thunder in both win percentage and point differential.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

The Ducks’ 273 goals this season are the most in franchise history but the 288 they allowed is third-worst all time, leaving the team with the second-highest goal differential of any playoff team.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

But the differential has been positive since the very tail end of 2020, and has spiked significantly since mid-February.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

"Our goal in collecting these and other biospecimens was to dig deeper into why there's this differential response," Sinha said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

However, the differential mortality from epidemic diseases in traditional European societies had little to do with intelligence, and instead involved genetic resistance dependent on details of body chemistry.

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




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