How to Use differentiate in a Sentence

differentiate

verb
  • The only thing that differentiates the twins is the color of their eyes.
  • There’s just not much to differentiate them, and that’s a good thing.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Blood tests can differentiate but may take a while.
    Kate Wong, Scientific American, 22 June 2026
  • The league just has to do its best to differentiate between the good stuff and the bad stuff.
    Anthony Slater, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2017
  • In dogs there are no brain regions that fire to differentiate faces.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The i and j, hard to differentiate in some fonts, feature unique crowns.
    Josh Wagner, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2020
  • That’s part of what differentiates us from other parts of the state.
    Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Here’s how to differentiate them — and decide which one is right for you, or your recipe.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2020
  • There were too many of them, though, with too little to differentiate them.
    The Economist, 16 Sep. 2019
  • This helps differentiate them from the rest of Jabra’s closed-style buds.
    Chris Welch, The Verge, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The cuts did not differentiate the winners from the losers.
    Julie Averill, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • But the tough part for them on the stage is to differentiate themselves from each other.
    Fox News, 2 May 2018
  • Their small bodies are tricky to differentiate from pond scum or sticky clumps of algae in the dark.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The lines that mark the perimeter of the court differentiate between in bounds and out of bounds.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
  • As such, one of the chief ways to differentiate your company is on price.
    Cade Metz, Wired News, 23 Apr. 2015
  • The department store chain is putting the idea to work to help differentiate its stores.
    Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 5 July 2019
  • Anything that would deter or differentiate from that is a risk for them.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2019
  • If your use of AI is part of what differentiates you, great.
    Natalie Nathanson, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • There are a few other things that differentiate this version of the game.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2018
  • And there are a few other bells and whistles that differentiate it still.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Some can even differentiate between the heartbeats of a child and an adult.
    Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 25 June 2024
  • Gahl said while the two are much alike, their locations will differentiate them.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Aug. 2020
  • In ants, hair is one of the criteria that helps differentiate species.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • More seats and more ways to differentiate value makes for a broad variety of price points.
    Eric Fuller, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • Smith added that the knee-to-hem opening ratio is what differentiates a bootcut from a flare.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 16 July 2025
  • And how does anybody differentiate at this point, with the backdrop of the world behind it?
    al, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Novig is trying to differentiate itself with a sports-first pitch.
    Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • This demand is pushing hosts to find ways to differentiate.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Drugs that form crosslinks are not unique, but most existing ones cannot differentiate between healthy and non-healthy cells.
    Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
  • As a leader, responding to it in a helpful way differentiates you in a big way from those who don’t.
    Dr. Erika Rasure, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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