make a difference

Example Sentences

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The Reform leader told me he doesn't think the fuss over his past will make a difference to voters, though his responses have varied from saying he didn't remember, to saying it was just playground banter, to claiming some of it was made up.

From BBC

“Being attentive to where your artist is being exploited, or having their songs exploited, is going to make a difference in the kind of revenue that they generate,” Citrin Cooperman’s Hull said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The sisters say it is a small victory for them, but Grace is unsure if it will make a difference.

From BBC

But she did feel "enormous pressure to do everything that I could to make sure that it didn't make a difference".

From BBC

But there is no guarantee that the CFTC’s involvement in those cases will make a difference for prediction markets, Kim says.

From Barron's