How to Use discrepancy in a Sentence

discrepancy

noun

• There were discrepancies between their accounts of the accident.
• Discrepancies in the firm's financial statements led to an investigation.
• Why the difference? Why are some individuals so outwardly altered by time and others not? Or, in other words, why is there often a discrepancy between chronological age and biological age?
  — Time, 17 Oct. 2005
• There’s a reason for the discrepancy and part of it comes down to usage.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
• But Tropicana may not be at fault for the price discrepancy.
  — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
• One of the reasons for that cost discrepancy is hair perfumes contain significantly less perfume oil.
  — Sophia Panych, Allure, 23 Nov. 2024
• The department didn’t respond to a request for comment about the apparent discrepancy.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 6 June 2022
• Later, Hariri looked into the kids burger discrepancy, and learned that the restaurant really didn't have a kids hamburger on the menu.
  — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 21 May 2022
• However, in order to achieve this scenario to a fuller extent, there will be less discrepancy between the physical and digital worlds.
  — Yanie Durocher, Forbes, 1 June 2022
• Other African researchers have also noted the discrepancy.
  — Pratik Pawar, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2022
• The discrepancy was also pointed out on Twitter, prompting a direct response from Walker.
  — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022
• Consumers were quick to call out the discrepancy between the brand's marketing and its operational realities.
  — Evgeny Popov, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
• Asked to explain the discrepancy, a Baker administration spokesman said the circumstances are different for men.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2022
• The reason for the discrepancy has to do with the date of death.
  — Sarah Volpenhein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2021
• The changes smooth out some of the discrepancies in No.
  — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• This week, a study lent further support to a leading theory about the discrepancy: Estrogen may offer some protection against severe Covid.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 20 May 2022
• Your movie dealt with the discrepancy between the salary of the CEO and the salary of the park employees.
  — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 23 Nov. 2022
• Last year in an effort to close the pay gap, the guild shared the pay scales to highlight the discrepancies.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
• The rest of the price discrepancy comes from the emergency room fees.
  — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2021
• To the eye, there hasn’t ever been this wide of a discrepancy between the two.
  — Dane Stangler, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• The discrepancies in the lower house are not quite as bad.
  — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
• This discrepancy stems from the fact that hunters tend to see more deer when cold fronts hit.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2023
• The discrepancy seems to be in the stores’ sizes, employees say.
  — Shwanika Narayan, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2021
• Once the 3-point discrepancy narrowed, the Jayhawks were able to take control of the game.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2024
• But there's one bright spot in this murky mess of discrepancies.
  — Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 16 May 2018
• Now, there’s a discrepancy on the amount of the six-figure wager.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2024
• Both were upset at the discrepancy in fouls and free throws.
  — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• Iwamoto was single at the time and was ready to leave her big law firm job over the wage discrepancy.
  — Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Dec. 2021
• The discrepancy may boil down to use patterns, the study suggests.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 13 Aug. 2019
• What’s the discrepancy between the best- and worst-case models?
  — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, 27 Feb. 2019

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024