differentiation

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Recent Examples of differentiation The Claim Most Software Companies Don’t Want to Hear Much of enterprise software doesn’t have durable differentiation. Joel Hron, Fortune, 19 May 2026 That is a larger claim than product differentiation. K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 18 May 2026 According to Baudrillard, consumption is institutionalized as a signification as well as a social differentiation process. Ayse Binay Kurultay, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 May 2026 Consumer electronics firms such as Apple, along with other technology firms such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Xiaomi, increasingly design their own processor chips, because these chips shape the user experience, AI performance, power efficiency and system-level differentiation. Vidya Mani, The Conversation, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for differentiation
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Noun
  • By contrast, the discrimination claims Lucas has been actively soliciting—from white men alleging reverse discrimination—tend to be individual in nature and don’t require aggregate demographic data to prosecute.
    Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 28 May 2026
  • Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who argued racial discrimination during the jury-selection process before his trial.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • After the cheese has thawed, give it a gentle stir or mix to help restore its creamy consistency if any separation occurred.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 25 May 2026
  • These funds will support the development of a pilot-scale rare earth element (REE) separation plant.
    Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • The four-million-viewer level has been seen as something of a demarcation point in recent months.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 May 2026
  • As your natural hair continues to grow in, that line of demarcation becomes more pronounced—and often more challenging to manage.
    Janell M. Hickman-Kirby, Allure, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • This distinction matters enormously.
    Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • There’s a distinction between celebration and commemoration.
    Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026

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“Differentiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differentiation. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.

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