as in discriminatory
favoring, applying, or being unequal treatment of different classes of people
did away with differential pay scales for men and women doing the same work
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This is achieved through a process called differential hardening, which ensures that the metal is harder along the cutting edge and more flexible along the spine.
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Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
One other power differential bears mentioning: Mahler, as a Jew, encountered prejudices that his wife never had to face.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
But TikTok's scale and susceptibility to foreign adversary control, together with the vast swaths of sensitive data the platform collects, justify differential treatment to address the Government's national security concerns.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
The Chiefs finished 11th in the NFL with a regular season point differential of plus-59, according to StatMuse, while the Eagles finished second with a point differential of plus-160.
—Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
One other power differential bears mentioning: Mahler, as a Jew, encountered prejudices that his wife never had to face.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
But TikTok's scale and susceptibility to foreign adversary control, together with the vast swaths of sensitive data the platform collects, justify differential treatment to address the Government's national security concerns.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
The Chiefs finished 11th in the NFL with a regular season point differential of plus-59, according to StatMuse, while the Eagles finished second with a point differential of plus-160.
—Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for differential
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“Differential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differential. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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