discrepancy

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It is understood that the MoD's position is that the £6.1bn discrepancy relates to how funds paid over the past 15 years should be accounted for now.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Grimmer said it was not surprising to him that people were watching the data feeds come in closely enough to notice an apparent discrepancy in the data that lasted less than a minute.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 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

That discrepancy excited physicists because it hinted at the possibility of undiscovered particles or even a new "fifth force" beyond the four known fundamental forces.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

It puzzled everybody that an eighteen- minute age difference could cause such a discrepancy in front- tooth timing.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy