as distinct from
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: rather than : and not
The class focuses on U.S. English, as distinct from British English.
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Trump recently proposed creating an external revenue service to collect tariff revenues, as distinct from the internal revenue service (IRS).
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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
One of the common culprits behind puffiness (as distinct from facial swelling, which can be indicative of more serious issues), is dehydration or water retention, which explains why an evening of alcohol can impact how your face looks the next morning.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
Activists accused the museums of being complicit in Chinese political pressure to undermine Tibetan culture by altering and generalizing cataloguing terms that display Tibetan roots as distinct from Chinese regions.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2024
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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
One of the common culprits behind puffiness (as distinct from facial swelling, which can be indicative of more serious issues), is dehydration or water retention, which explains why an evening of alcohol can impact how your face looks the next morning.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
Activists accused the museums of being complicit in Chinese political pressure to undermine Tibetan culture by altering and generalizing cataloguing terms that display Tibetan roots as distinct from Chinese regions.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2024
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“As distinct from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20distinct%20from. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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