How to Use differentiate in a Sentence

differentiate

verb
  • The only thing that differentiates the twins is the color of their eyes.
  • Stem cells are famously able to differentiate into multiple types of cells in the body.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Ultimately, theatrical movies must differentiate themselves from what audiences can get at home.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The league just has to do its best to differentiate between the good stuff and the bad stuff.
    Anthony Slater, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2017
  • The lines that mark the perimeter of the court differentiate between in bounds and out of bounds.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
  • There’s just not much to differentiate them, and that’s a good thing.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2020
  • This helps differentiate them from the rest of Jabra’s closed-style buds.
    Chris Welch, The Verge, 31 Aug. 2023
  • That’s part of what differentiates us from other parts of the state.
    Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The i and j, hard to differentiate in some fonts, feature unique crowns.
    Josh Wagner, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2020
  • But the tough part for them on the stage is to differentiate themselves from each other.
    Fox News, 2 May 2018
  • The department store chain is putting the idea to work to help differentiate its stores.
    Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 5 July 2019
  • Here’s how to differentiate them — and decide which one is right for you, or your recipe.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2020
  • And how does anybody differentiate at this point, with the backdrop of the world behind it?
    al, 2 Mar. 2021
  • What differentiates Shanghai Fashion Week from the rest of the world?
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023
  • As such, one of the chief ways to differentiate your company is on price.
    Cade Metz, Wired News, 23 Apr. 2015
  • The study did not differentiate among low-risk trips, like going to the park, and higher-risk trips, like going to the grocery store.
    Lauren Mascarenhas and Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 July 2020
  • There are a few other things that differentiate this version of the game.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2018
  • But that’s hard to do if there isn’t a generic product in the first place, and the market is more differentiated.
    Angela Chen, The Verge, 21 Nov. 2018
  • There were too many of them, though, with too little to differentiate them.
    The Economist, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Some can even differentiate between the heartbeats of a child and an adult.
    Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 25 June 2024
  • Though the lines can be blurred, there are ways to differentiate between the two, Anderson says.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The cell followed the same timeline as the neurons of the host mouse, differentiating after about one week.
    Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • In dogs there are no brain regions that fire to differentiate faces.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The two differentiate on some things though, including milk: oat for John Owen, and dairy milk for Rob.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • And there are a few other bells and whistles that differentiate it still.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Some parents will name their child the same first name as the father, but call them by their more unique middle name to help differentiate between the two.
    and Alex Vance, Parents, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Many spotted bass also have a rough patch of teeth on their tongues that can be used to differentiate them from largemouths.
    Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 14 Sep. 2023
  • More seats and more ways to differentiate value makes for a broad variety of price points.
    Eric Fuller, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • But with each new model, Apple has to come up with ways to differentiate between old and new.
    Mike Murphy, Quartz, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The video clearly shows off the three new sensor areas across the front of the device that do the most to differentiate it from earlier versions, as well as the head strap.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 26 June 2023

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