How to Use as distinct from in a Sentence

as distinct from

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• Off the greatest movie — movie, now, as distinct from film — ever made.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Oct. 2021
• This tendency to view the mind as distinct from the body is called dualism.
  — Iris Berent, Scientific American, 10 Dec. 2021
• For instance, the dense walls of a building will show up as distinct from the surrounding soil.
  — Gabriel D. Wrobel, The Conversation, 4 Dec. 2020
• Mama Bee sees herself as distinct from these kinds of creators.
  — Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026
• The idea is one of virtue — as distinct from heroism or even moral or political goodness.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2021
• The agency said the letters should be viewed as distinct from the opinion and that enforcement action can be pursued.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 23 June 2021
• Know yourself—and others Good social graces also require a sense of the self as distinct from others.
  — Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
• This snake, with its unique bimodal color pattern, was identified as distinct from other species in the region.
  — Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 27 May 2025
• No one in sales would be so openly indifferent to customer service (as distinct from the actual work).
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
• Under that law, hemp products and the cannabinoids that could be made from them were classified as distinct from marijuana.
  — Devi Shastri, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
• This model underscores why kindness must be recognized as distinct from its counterparts.
  — Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
• Shrouded in stigma and secrecy, illnesses that affect the brain long have been regarded as distinct from other health issues such as cancer and heart disease.
  — Meg Kissinger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
• Even before the trailer debuted, director Schreier touted the film as distinct from Marvel’s usual fare.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025
• This association is interesting, because the idea of following a model or paradigm is now seen as distinct from or even counter to following rules.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 July 2022
• As a result, some Jews positioned themselves as distinct from African Americans, said Greenberg.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
• They are usually regarded as distinct from drones, which are generally used under human control and have been deployed extensively in battle.
  — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2021
• Part of that replacement was due to the emergence of 'behavioral modernity,' as distinct from 'anatomical modernity,' which predated the former by tens of thousands of years.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 4 Sep. 2012
• Researchers typically consider compassion fatigue as distinct from burnout.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
• Engage with regulators early to shape laws that recognize HEIs as distinct from mortgages while still protecting consumers.
  — Aj Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• Its supporters emphasized the specificity of science as distinct from literary and humanistic knowledge.
  — Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books, 17 June 2020
• 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
• The Grammys, as distinct from the zillion other awards shows vying for viewers’ ever-shrinking interest in them, are meant to celebrate skill, taste, wisdom, ingenuity.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2022
• Still, researchers kept working on grief, increasingly viewing it as distinct from depression and more closely related to stress disorders, like post-traumatic stress disorder.
  — New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022
• In this sense, it can be said that Jiang was China’s first real politician, as distinct from the Leninist apparatchiks who only implement instructions and policies from above.
  — David Shambaugh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2022
• Also, by ensuring that college players can’t pursue long-term or indefinite careers in college football, the rules allegedly distinguish college sports as distinct from minor league sports.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 May 2025
• Many of the individual items in this hodgepodge were written in thick and ponderous English, if written in English at all (as distinct from Latin or law-French).
  — Akhil Reed Amar, Time, 7 May 2021
• In her own artwork, as distinct from stage designs for other artists, Devlin often creates temporary sculptures that invite audience participation.
  — Susannah Gardiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
• Abdilahi made the case for recognition, describing Somaliland’s people as distinct from the rest of Somalia, which has been plagued by instability for decades.
  — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
• Most car people would be challenged to count on the fingers of one hand the few British luxury car brands still extant (as distinct from pure sports cars like McLaren, Lotus, and Morgan).
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2026
• Evolved from the Greek word for emotion or affection, empathy refers to shared or vicarious feelings—as distinct from sympathy, which is more about pity and implies separate, rather than mutual, feelings.
  — Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 16 June 2021