distinction

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Published when its author was 28 years old, the slim, elliptical volume played a central role in Camus winning the Nobel Prize for literature at a time when that distinction still meant something.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

She has a firm idea about the distinction between two very different theories of citizenship: jus soli, based on soil, and jus sanguinis, based on descent.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Otherwise, the main distinction is presenting these chapters from the viewpoints of two of the Bible’s most famous women.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

"It doesn't measure financial health and the report is clear on that distinction," Ghazi says.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Indeed, in his own time, Kepler was more famous as an astrologer than as an astronomer, although the distinction between the two was rather blurred.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin