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as in to disagree
to have a different opinion
after much arguing, we simply have agreed to differ about the issue
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Recent Examples of differ
Service organizations have long had to rely on funding from a range of sources, from federal grants to one-off donations, making their work dependent on a patchwork of benefactors with differing rules and deadlines.
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
Broadly, this is a system of price controls in which an average or minimum price across a group of countries with similar gross domestic output per capita can serve as an anchor towards which differing prices may converge over time.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Studies have repeatedly found evidence that dairy may lower the risk of breast cancer but have reached differing conclusions about whether dairy promotes or staves off prostate cancer.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 18 Jan. 2025
The Los Angeles Police Department’s tally of those missing in the Palisades fire slightly differed, with that department saying five people were still missing instead of seven.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
Broadly, this is a system of price controls in which an average or minimum price across a group of countries with similar gross domestic output per capita can serve as an anchor towards which differing prices may converge over time.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Studies have repeatedly found evidence that dairy may lower the risk of breast cancer but have reached differing conclusions about whether dairy promotes or staves off prostate cancer.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 18 Jan. 2025
The Los Angeles Police Department’s tally of those missing in the Palisades fire slightly differed, with that department saying five people were still missing instead of seven.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for differ
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Costco's public stance in support of diversity, equity and inclusion programs contrasts with the positions taken in recent months by other big consumer brands that have backed away from DEI.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Trump criticized wind turbines as overly expensive and dependent on subsidies, contrasting them with geothermal's emerging status as a cost-effective solution.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a law requiring a sale or ban of TikTok on Friday, but Justice Sonia Sotomayor disagreed with part of the decision.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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To what extent should federal bureaucrats—many of whom may disagree with a particular President—be able to do their jobs insulated and independent from politics?—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2025
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Food and wine options are robust, varying depending on the season and specific route.—
Brad Japhe,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2025
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On The Water Apart from that sense of solitude, a major part of the appeal is clearly the location: on a peninsula with one side fronting the calm, pure turquoise water of the Caicos Bank; the other side, the rolling waves of the Atlantic in varying shades of blue.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Differ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differ. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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