as distinct from
idiom
: rather than : and not
The class focuses on U.S. English, as distinct from British English.
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Besides increasing resentments, decadent spending (as distinct from saving and investing) reduces productivity.
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Ray Dalio, TIME, 25 June 2024
One essay examines how famines can arise from government negligence; another highlights the importance of defining and understanding famine as distinct from chronic hunger.
—Douglas Gollin, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
Meanwhile, polling suggests that Americans now are more likely to view the parties as distinct from one another than in the past, an indication that the public broadly doesn't see a uniparty in Washington.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2024
Much remains unclear, however, with contradictory claims from Israelis and Palestinians about what prompted a stampede around the trucks, the role of Israeli gunfire, and how many people were shot as distinct from being injured by the crush of people.
—Jonathan Baran, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
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Ray Dalio, TIME, 25 June 2024
One essay examines how famines can arise from government negligence; another highlights the importance of defining and understanding famine as distinct from chronic hunger.
—Douglas Gollin, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
Meanwhile, polling suggests that Americans now are more likely to view the parties as distinct from one another than in the past, an indication that the public broadly doesn't see a uniparty in Washington.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2024
Much remains unclear, however, with contradictory claims from Israelis and Palestinians about what prompted a stampede around the trucks, the role of Israeli gunfire, and how many people were shot as distinct from being injured by the crush of people.
—Jonathan Baran, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
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