as in discriminatory
favoring, applying, or being unequal treatment of different classes of people
did away with differential pay scales for men and women doing the same work
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Recent Examples of differential
The differential motor thrust twisted the flexible aluminium frame when commanded to yaw.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
The team hopes this work on differential privacy scaling laws will help others efficiently allocate resources to train private AI models.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The union members, part of the Orange County Employees Association, say the city has stonewalled worker requests for recognition pay, shift differential enhancements and affordable healthcare.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025
There are other important fluids such as those that go with the power steering, clutch and differential.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 19 June 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
The team hopes this work on differential privacy scaling laws will help others efficiently allocate resources to train private AI models.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The union members, part of the Orange County Employees Association, say the city has stonewalled worker requests for recognition pay, shift differential enhancements and affordable healthcare.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025
There are other important fluids such as those that go with the power steering, clutch and differential.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for differential
Adjective
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The Special Olympics has been fighting against the discriminatory use of the word since the term’s early days as an insult.—
Kate Reilly,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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The court clarified that racial distinctions by the government only apply in the rare instances that government is remedying specific instances of its past discriminatory conduct.—
Andrew Quinio,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Some of his artists have challenged their contracts as unfair, sparking broader debates about industry practices.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Both also often lead to litigation in federal court and the filing of unfair labor practices charges with the NLRB.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Differential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differential. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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