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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Recent Examples of differential Instead of collecting raw user data, companies can employ differential privacy techniques to analyze trends without accessing individual records. Mani Padisetti, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 If that happens, the conference champion would be determined by a series of tiebreakers, including goal differential and total goals scored; the Galaxy have comfortable leads in both categories. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024 Behind quarterback Josh Allen’s marked improvement at eschewing turnovers — zero interceptions — the Bills (3-0) have outscored opponents by 64 points, the league’s best scoring differential. Andrew Greif, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024 Mitigating the risk of inference attacks requires careful model training and data handling techniques, such as data anonymization and differential privacy methods. Dr. Suresh Rajappa, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 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 21 Nov. 2024.

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