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
And that differentiates this case from any past history.
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Lauren Peller, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2025
What differentiates LeyesX is not just capability but methodology.
—Wyles Daniel, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
The poll, which didn’t differentiate between medical and recreational consumption, showed the highest use (19%) among young adults 18 to 34, a group for whom studies have found cannabis to have damaging psychiatric effects.
—Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 23 Dec. 2025
The Pushkin’s Restaurant was renamed to Sibling in 2020 to differentiate itself from the bakeries as the brand grew.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Dec. 2025
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Tarr's reputation for films tinged with misery and hard-heartedness, distinguished by black-and-white cinematography and unusually long sequences, only grew throughout the 1990s and 2000s, particularly after his 1994 film Sátántangó.—
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Hofman's photos of the Ross seal — often distinguished by its broad, dark stripes on its body and neck, as well as its large eyes — show the seal facing the camera directly, with its flippers and tail trailing behind it.—
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Student and faculty critics also accused the university of being too slow to respond to complaints about a rising star astrophysicist, Christian Ott, accused or harassing and discriminating against female graduate students as early as 2012.—
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But state lawmakers, labor groups and individual workers have begun pushing back over fears that AI could discriminate against workers.—
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“Differentiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differentiate. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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