make no difference

idiom

variants 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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Image That anti-immigrant animosity is driven by a desperation in poor townships and shanty towns where voting and protest seem to make no difference, Ms. Mazwai said. —

Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 The fact that we’re retired seems to make no difference in the expectation. —

R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2024 The stop in the California desert, known for its yearly music festival, will likely make no difference in flipping the reliably Democratic state red. —

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 See all Example Sentences for make no difference

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