make a difference

Example Sentences

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She says she was inspired to make a difference after reading the Woman of the North report, which was released by Health Equity North in 2024.

From BBC

“We know that healthcare is a place where we have a shortage of workers and hugely rising costs every year. That’s where we think we can really make a difference here,” said Margaret Woolley Busse, executive director of the Utah Department of Commerce.

From The Wall Street Journal

The professor, she said, “spoke with confidence and knowledge and inspired my generation into activism and political awareness. ... He told us that we matter and that we count. That we make a difference and that we belong.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Even the Good Girls Will Cry” is a very, very good book and the simple fact that it exists in this world will make a difference.

From Salon

"When you've gone through an illness, you have a lot more empathy with other people who are in similar positions and that inspired me to make a difference in other peoples lives as well," she said.

From BBC