make no difference
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or not make any difference
: to not cause any change : to be unimportant
"When would you like to leave?" "It makes no difference (to me)."
The weather didn't make any difference in our plans.
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The stop in the California desert, known for its yearly music festival, will likely make no difference in flipping the reliably Democratic state red.
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Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024
Overall, two-thirds (67%) said a guilty verdict would make no difference to their vote; three-quarters (76%) said the same of a not guilty verdict.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 29 May 2024
The Court could thus decline to answer the question of whether the speech is protected under the Brandenburg standard, since that question would make no difference to the outcome.
—Thomas A. Berry, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
If the mouse songs were innate, as long presumed, the surgical alteration would make no difference at all.
—Sonia Shah, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
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Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024
Overall, two-thirds (67%) said a guilty verdict would make no difference to their vote; three-quarters (76%) said the same of a not guilty verdict.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 29 May 2024
The Court could thus decline to answer the question of whether the speech is protected under the Brandenburg standard, since that question would make no difference to the outcome.
—Thomas A. Berry, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
If the mouse songs were innate, as long presumed, the surgical alteration would make no difference at all.
—Sonia Shah, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
See all Example Sentences for make no difference
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“Make no difference.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20no%20difference. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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