discrepancy
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The reason for the discrepancy is that, over the past few years, the S&P 500 has become increasingly top-heavy as shares of the largest companies pulled ahead.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 27, 2026
To investigate the discrepancy, the team used a technique called inversion, which works backward from observed tsunami behavior to estimate the characteristics of the earthquake that generated it.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
This discrepancy is why we add a leap day every four years – to keep the calendar aligned with Earth's orbit.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
Credit Lauri Myllyvirta of the nonprofit Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air for spotting this discrepancy and sleuthing out its cause.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Over further minutes the discrepancy would widen until the two machines were tapping out a rhythmic pattern in the difference between their two beats.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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