as in to distinguish
to understand or point out the difference in
it was hard at first to differentiate between the two styles of music
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Recent Examples of differentiate
Features Available Now, Features (Hopefully) Coming Soon While similar, the ModRetro 64 has a few tricks up its sleeve that differentiate it from the Analogue 3D right out of the box.
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Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
The survey questions did not differentiate between chatbots specifically designed to offer therapy and those with many uses.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 1 June 2026
What differentiates you from your most serious competitors for this seat?
—Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
The market has recently become more discerning in differentiating AI winners and losers in the software space.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 May 2026
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Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
The survey questions did not differentiate between chatbots specifically designed to offer therapy and those with many uses.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 1 June 2026
What differentiates you from your most serious competitors for this seat?
—Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
The market has recently become more discerning in differentiating AI winners and losers in the software space.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for differentiate
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Implicit in Schulze’s remark is what distinguished the Hairy Who from their Pop counterparts on the East Coast.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The results highlight an important boundary in early social cognition and offer insight into how infants distinguish between human and artificial agents.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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The Roberts Court has thus rewritten the Civil War amendments to include a constitutional right to discriminate against Black people.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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The Justice Department recently concluded that medical schools at Yale and UCLA discriminated against white and Asian American students by allegedly favoring Black and Latino applicants.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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“Differentiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differentiate. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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