without a difference
Example Sentences
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This is a semantic distinction without a difference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Robert Brusca, president of FAO Economics, said the source of the funds was a distinction without a difference.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The judge in that Carroll case later ruled that Trump's attempt to put daylight between the two terms was a distinction without a difference.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2024
That’s really a distinction without a difference, though.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
He did not own the obligation, and stated some distinction without a difference, in defence of his claim to originality.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones
