as distinct from

idiom

: rather than : and not
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Key areas for refinement include: Recognizing bitcoin as distinct from other cryptoassets. Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 This model underscores why kindness must be recognized as distinct from its counterparts. Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 Trump recently proposed creating an external revenue service to collect tariff revenues, as distinct from the internal revenue service (IRS). Tobias Burns, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025 Granted much of that California acreage is uninhabited forest as distinct from a dense, mostly wooden city filled with new immigrants, but that’s still eight times the size, a bigger area than than occupied by Manhattan. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for as distinct from

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“As distinct from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20distinct%20from. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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