make no difference
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or not make any difference
: to not cause any change : to be unimportant
"When would you like to leave?" "It makes no difference (to me)."
The weather didn't make any difference in our plans.
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Whether observers across branches label the two particles in the same way should make no difference.
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Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
So barring a major statistical anomaly, the final nine weeks of the campaign will make no difference to Wolves’ future, either in prize money or long-term pride.
—Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Image That anti-immigrant animosity is driven by a desperation in poor townships and shanty towns where voting and protest seem to make no difference, Ms. Mazwai said.
—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The fact that we’re retired seems to make no difference in the expectation.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2024
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Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
So barring a major statistical anomaly, the final nine weeks of the campaign will make no difference to Wolves’ future, either in prize money or long-term pride.
—Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Image That anti-immigrant animosity is driven by a desperation in poor townships and shanty towns where voting and protest seem to make no difference, Ms. Mazwai said.
—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The fact that we’re retired seems to make no difference in the expectation.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for make no difference
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“Make no difference.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20no%20difference. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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