differentiation

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Recent Examples of differentiation Motorola's serving of the Android software seems barebones at first, but digging into the menus reveals some attempts at differentiation. Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 4 June 2026 But, the truth is, culinary expertise is now a point of differentiation for cruise lines. Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2026 Allocating a team to redesign a standard interface block that has already been implemented elsewhere may be difficult to justify when differentiation lies at the system level, such as an inference chip’s ability to speed up neural network computations. Maysam Ghovanloo, IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2026 Iyengar joked about the marketplace now offering over 100 different shades of white paint as an example of meaningless differentiation. Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for differentiation
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Noun
  • Other laws in the package limit how Philadelphia police can collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, restrict how the city can collect and use information related to immigration status and strengthen protections against discrimination.
    Laura Fay, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • Since the 1960s, this demographic data has been instrumental in spotting patterns of discrimination and supporting civil rights investigations in the workplace.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Jelly Roll listed the date of separation as May 9, and cited irreconcilable differences.
    Sarah Sotoodeh , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • The extent of that separation is still the source of considerable speculation on Wall Street.
    Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • LaBarge frequently interrupts the telling to braid her narrative so tautly with those of others that their language blurs together, quotation marks vanishing, lines of demarcation eroding.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • Then, apply the orange to a makeup sponge and pat it on the line of demarcation to buff out the line and create the gradient effect.
    Rebecca Norris, InStyle, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • The judge’s ruling contained a caveat that Sorsby sit out the first two games of the Red Raiders’ season, a distinction that, as detailed below, the NCAA depicts as problematic in its own right.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 June 2026
  • That distinction matters because the weeks following diagnosis or surgery often involve a series of complex decisions that can influence both treatment and long-term outcomes.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 15 June 2026

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“Differentiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differentiation. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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