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"That stands in distinction to many of the shorter-term players, like Digital First Media."

From US News • Apr. 20, 2016

“That stands in distinction to many of the shorter-term players, like Digital First Media.”

From Washington Times • Apr. 20, 2016

There is a lightness, a liveliness, to Larson's performance in distinction to Wahlberg's heavy harrumphing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2014

Palynologists speak of fossil pollen in distinction to modern pollen.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was most thrilling to stand within touching distance 75 of that great torrent of water, called the Niagara Falls, in distinction to the Horseshoe Falls, to hear the roar of it as it fell.

From A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things by O'Rell, Max




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