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Which word shares the same Latin root meaning "to creak, rattle, or crack," with discrepancy?

discrepancy

[dih-skrep-uhn-see] / dɪˈskrɛp ən si /


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This same discrepancy has made the journalism thriller itself feel somewhat archaic.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

That discrepancy led the researchers to consider another possibility.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

The discrepancy between the two accounts couldn’t be immediately reconciled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

However, Chris Weston at Pepperstone added that "the discrepancy may reflect differences in revenue measurement rather than an outright deterioration in OpenAI's underlying business".

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

As usual, there was a discrepancy between the amount of chocolates reported as sold and the actual money received.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

In Delhi, an analysis by The Hindu newspaper found Muslims accounted for around 20 percent of voters identified with logical discrepancies - compared to 13.6 of the electorate, according to draft rolls.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The investigation found discrepancies in the number of children in Mathewson's care and the number of children she was seen with on multiple occasions.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“However, we are conscious of potential discrepancies between our price assumptions and those used by both CSC and the party acquiring the asset,” it says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The results settle two long-standing discrepancies in diamond research and bring experimental measurements into close agreement with simulations based on quantum mechanics.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

Physically, there was very little indication that anything was happening at all—they were too clever for that—but even the tiny discrepancies that squeaked through their guard I met with a kind of willful blindness.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt


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