How to Use differently in a Sentence
differently
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Buona Beef cooks its meat differently from the rest of the places on this list.
— Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu, Bon Appétit, 16 June 2023 -
You’re treated differently in the press than a man is, for sure.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 2 June 2023 -
There are a few different hinge points on the show in which things could have gone differently.
— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2024 -
Having children saved me — and taught me to be in this world differently.
— Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023 -
But back in those days, things worked very differently.
— Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 29 June 2024 -
That might be true as the seedling emerges from the seed, but when that tree grows to 5 or so years old, the root system develops very differently.
— Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 23 Sep. 2024 -
And Koepka was left to wonder if things might have turned out differently had someone else been in the group ahead of him.
— Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023 -
The pan-fried dish is cheap and fast, and everyone makes theirs a little differently.
— Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 24 Jan. 2024 -
Some students may have been kept alive longer, or done away with differently.
— Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 -
Wall Street has viewed Nike and Adidas very differently during the past 12 months.
— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 16 July 2024 -
To say the least, the three avocados had aged quite differently.
— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2023 -
What is your school doing differently this year to keep kids safe and engaged?
— CNN, 16 Aug. 2024 -
Across the Spider-Verse is no exception, but the lesson at the core of this plot hits differently somehow.
— Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 June 2023 -
Kristin does things differently, and that can be a source of amusement as well as confusion.
— Peter Debruge, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023 -
That happened differently every time, and that’s the one that landed.
— Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2023 -
But after that first year, the school approached the setup differently.
— Maura Turcotte, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023 -
The 49-foot, 4-inch-long hull is long, open and lithe like most US sportboats, but carries itself differently.
— Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2023 -
While the act comes off as precautionary, Allan played it quite differently on the day as the scene was reconceived in the editing room.
— Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024 -
Of course, if there had been people right next to the gaping hole, things would likely have ended differently.
— Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024 -
And know that the typical signs of eczema (such as red patches) show up differently in darker skin tones, says Dr. Duarte.
— Holly Pevzner, Parents, 8 Sep. 2023 -
It’s also shaped very differently with a netted texture and a unique ball shape.
— Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 27 Mar. 2024 -
And the unique properties of each line also explain why they’re priced so differently in the tackle shop.
— Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 8 June 2023 -
Grace Lustig sees things differently on the volleyball court these days.
— C. R. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024 -
There is no way to know whether things could have ended differently for Carlos had someone at the shelter called Lewis.
— Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023 -
But sidewalks can be an equalizer of sorts in New York City, where the very wealthy otherwise live very differently from the very poor.
— Anna Kodé, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024 -
The current cottage cheese hype strikes me differently though.
— Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023 -
Reilly’s not doing anything differently, but the writers seem to have run out of things to say about the team’s manchild owner.
— Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2023 -
Our goal is to be a tier-one aerospace company, but do things differently.
— Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Aug. 2024 -
How gold is taxed One more thing to know is that gold is treated by the IRS a little differently than other investments.
— Chris Taylor, wsj.com, 25 Oct. 2023 -
But the issue is that people see price increases and wage gains very differently, Carlsson-Szlezak and Swartz observe.
— Nick Rockel, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
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