as in to distinguish
to understand or point out the difference in
it was hard at first to differentiate between the two styles of music
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Recent Examples of differentiate
That will likely remain the approach until one or more players differentiate themselves from the rest of the group.
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Tashan Reed, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
But this pie differentiates itself from the other new option with its bacon topping.
—Staff Author, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The company had to train the algorithms to differentiate between a wrist raise to check the time and a wrist raise to speak to Gemini.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 20 Aug. 2025
The exact count is unclear; most surveys don’t differentiate them from widowers or men separated from an uninvolved co-parent.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
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Tashan Reed, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
But this pie differentiates itself from the other new option with its bacon topping.
—Staff Author, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The company had to train the algorithms to differentiate between a wrist raise to check the time and a wrist raise to speak to Gemini.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 20 Aug. 2025
The exact count is unclear; most surveys don’t differentiate them from widowers or men separated from an uninvolved co-parent.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for differentiate
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The team took apart the malaria problem and tried something new: detect the wingbeat frequency—to distinguish it from other insects—of a female Anopheles in flight and shoot it down.—
Robert C. Wolcott,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The fraudsters are poisoning the well for profit and if they're not stopped soon, then the days of being able to trust the body of scientific literature, and of having the ability to distinguish between scientific fact and scientific fake, may be coming to an end.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Housing just 110 guests in 54 suites, Corinthian is selected by a discriminating guest list seeking an extraordinary experience aboard the largest sailing yacht in the world.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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In 1974: The Equal Educational Opportunities Act took effect, prohibiting schools from discriminating against students based on race, color, gender or nationality.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Differentiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differentiate. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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