How to Use differentiation in a Sentence

differentiation

noun
  • But these points of differentiation are not always enough to keep the lights on.
    Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Figure out what your point of differentiation is -- what is your thing?
    Susannah Hutcheson, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Too much differentiation can feel stark, while too little may look flat.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 June 2025
  • Too much differentiation can feel stark, while too little may look flat.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The next step is to grow through differentiation, a journey its now well prepared to take.
    Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The primary point of differentiation comes from the lights on all of the cars.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2017
  • That’s not differentiation that you can get paid for today in that business.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 1 May 2018
  • That might not seem like a big deal, but the visual differentiation made this scale easier to use at a glance.
    Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Mar. 2026
  • What’s the differentiation here between the green and white-gray?
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2023
  • Are consumers able to opt-in or opt-out of traffic differentiation?
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2018
  • One differentiation is the mash bill, or the list of grains fermented as the first step of the whiskey-making process.
    Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The blades, meanwhile, are a point of differentiation from the other sets.
    Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 17 Sep. 2020
  • But, the truth is, culinary expertise is now a point of differentiation for cruise lines.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2026
  • But the more relevant differentiation here is the left, the centre and the right.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The three differentiation is the content prop is much richer, stronger and broader.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The good news is that emotional differentiation is a skill that can be learned and deployed on a daily basis.
    Samantha Boardman, Marie Claire, 28 May 2019
  • When the fog is thick on the water, the horizon is obstructed and there is no differentiation between the sea and the sky.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 2 Feb. 2018
  • The first point of differentiation is where Hebard will end up, though all six outlets have the forward going in the first round.
    oregonlive, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Within these towers, the researchers noted that there was no clear role differentiation among the worms.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025
  • The skins are among the brightest and flashiest present in the game thus far, a clear differentiation from the current, more staid and serious skins.
    Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The two men also won the 20th-place prize for a photo of mouse cancer cell differentiation.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Like boyfriends, the best boyfriend jeans have points of differentiation and different upsides—and denim brands have each put their spin on the boyfriend jean.
    Rachel Besser, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2021
  • In a glove, there's very little differentiation, which adds to the frustration.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The color differentiation is based on the type of particles present.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Nike needs to drive differentiation through Sport and needs to lead with more innovation.
    Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • That gap is where differentiation lives.
    Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • The bolster, or how and where the blade flows into the handle, is another point of differentiation.
    Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 8 July 2022
  • And that’s where differentiation comes in.
    Sun Yi, Forbes.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Keep in Mind There’s not a lot of size differentiation between the wrenches.
    Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2023
  • That’s because the scoring system was redesigned to create more room for differentiation at the top.
    Dr. Marlena Corcoran, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023

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