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 Their record stands at 10 wins, 8 draws, and 6 losses, with 39 goals scored and 35 conceded, good for a +4 goal differential. Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025 America is ninth in Liga MX table with one point and a zero goal differential. Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 1 Aug. 2025 The top four teams, based on records and point differential, if necessary, will move into Saturday’s semifinals with a chance to advance to Sunday’s championship game. Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 16 July 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 See All Example Sentences for differential
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Adjective
  • The agreement also includes an injunction preventing the union from enforcing the collective bargaining agreement between the union and the district on the basis of race and from retaliating against anyone who opposed any discriminatory practices or participated in any related investigation.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That was when rioters trashed and toppled Confederate statues and other symbols deemed racist and discriminatory.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Asking them to police a city is unfair — to them, and to the people they’re supposed to serve.
    Eric Chastain, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a dip after that — but this, of course, is a bit unfair as the players of this generation are continuing to pick up caps.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Differential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differential. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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