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
Establishing strong communication within your team is the key factor that differentiates a winning team from a mediocre one.
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Nancy Pulciano, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
According to Deezer, its users have a hard time differentiating AI tunes from the real deal.
—ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
One way Ulta is aiming to differentiate itself is by adding emerging makeup brands to its shelves.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
His process was marked by a certain eccentricity that differentiated his art from a lot of similar work.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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Nancy Pulciano, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
According to Deezer, its users have a hard time differentiating AI tunes from the real deal.
—ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
One way Ulta is aiming to differentiate itself is by adding emerging makeup brands to its shelves.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
His process was marked by a certain eccentricity that differentiated his art from a lot of similar work.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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In discussions of people like Michael Jackson, some defenders insist on distinguishing between the artist and the art, but a bio-pic is necessarily about both.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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John Rubin, the Albert Coates distinguished professor of public law and government at the University of North Carolina School of Government, declined to talk about Brown’s case or any other case specifically.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Apr. 2026
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Orbán has used his party's current supermajority in Hungarian parliament to undermine the independence of the judiciary, crack down on independent media, demonize migrants and discriminate against LGBTQ people, Human Rights Watch has said.—
Emmet Lyons,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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As Chief Justice John Roberts has observed, the way to stop discriminating on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.—
Alison Somin,
Oc Register,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Differentiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differentiate. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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