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
The differential motor thrust twisted the flexible aluminium frame when commanded to yaw.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
The team hopes this work on differential privacy scaling laws will help others efficiently allocate resources to train private AI models.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The union members, part of the Orange County Employees Association, say the city has stonewalled worker requests for recognition pay, shift differential enhancements and affordable healthcare.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025
There are other important fluids such as those that go with the power steering, clutch and differential.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 19 June 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
The team hopes this work on differential privacy scaling laws will help others efficiently allocate resources to train private AI models.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The union members, part of the Orange County Employees Association, say the city has stonewalled worker requests for recognition pay, shift differential enhancements and affordable healthcare.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025
There are other important fluids such as those that go with the power steering, clutch and differential.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for differential
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Indigenous tribes have long used fire to care for the land through cultural burnings, but in the 1800s, that practice was banned by restrictive and discriminatory laws in places like California.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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The independent watchdog said Meta must ensure its ads are non-discriminatory and report back within three months.—
Carlotta Dotto,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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As a result, the tippee has an unfair advantage as measured against the other participants in the capital markets, who do not have access to this material nonpublic information.—
Samidh Guha,
ABC News,
9 Nov. 2025
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In the meantime, the day-to-day work is on us—looking at our money honestly, making strategic moves, and refusing to let an unfair system keep us from building something better for ourselves and the next generation.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Differential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differential. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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