without a difference

Example Sentences

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Though the judge in that case later found that bit of daylight to be a distinction without a difference, ABC caved and paid Trump $15 million.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2025

This is probably a distinction without a difference.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2025

That may seem like a distinction without a difference, but it’s an important detail.

From Washington Times • Mar. 17, 2023

That may be a distinction without a difference, however, Gagnon said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2023

We were to be careful and understand that what terrestrials called marriage celestials named nuptials—it seemed to me rather a distinction without a difference.

From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Davies, Charles Maurice