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Special teams difference After a penalty-free first period, the Wings had a power play 6:58 into the second period.—
Helene St. James,
Detroit Free Press,
6 Jan. 2023 -
For the days closest to the equinox, the Harvest Moon rise occurs between 30 and 35 minutes difference each day, as opposed to the normal 50 minutes through most of the rest of the year.—
Richard Tribou,
OrlandoSentinel.com,
5 Oct. 2017
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The Training Day star attributed the shift in how people came to pronounce his name to his mother, who needed a way to differentiate between him and his father, who shares the same name.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The rule dates back to the 19th century and was founded by old-money circles in the Northeast to differentiate themselves from the nouveau riche trying to infiltrate the social elite.—
Starr Bowenbank,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Two Appleton landlords will pay $20,000 and complete fair housing training to settle a federal lawsuit that accused them of discriminating against tenants with emotional support animals.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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To have somebody with that discriminating eye endorse me was super encouraging.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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One of his owners had gotten home from work and didn’t see him, setting off a search for clues.—
Simone Jasper,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Pick one of the gateway towns to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, like Gatlinburg, Tennessee, or Bryson City, North Carolina, and set off on your leaf-peeping long weekend.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
4 Sep. 2025
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Paris and Milan are where cultural capital is built, where taste is defined, and where the most discerning audiences gather.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Southerners have long been known to have the gift of gab, and that discerning quality has resulted in a rather enthusiastic take on small talk.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Contradistinguish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contradistinguish. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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