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differentiation

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Recent Examples of differentiation But Chaudhry says the market is missing the point on Zscaler’s differentiation play. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 For retailers and brands wanting to tap in, differentiation will rely on newness and innovation. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026 Move up the capability curve with real differentiation, or compete hard on cost and openness. — Mark Minevich, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 Arendt insisted that modern antisemitism was rooted in reversing processes of social differentiation. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for differentiation
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  1. discrimination
  2. separation
  3. demarcation
  4. distinction
Noun
  • Nearly a century later, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, seeking to end the persistent discrimination and racial violence against Black Americans.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The state of New Jersey previously sued Amazon in October 2025, alleging widespread discrimination against pregnant workers and employees with disabilities.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of discrimination
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  • The extremely small separation between the two graphene systems allowed the screening effect to be much stronger than in earlier experiments.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The film centers on Leo and Anne, whose relationship becomes caught in a cycle of attraction and separation as the boundaries between intimacy and dependence, care and control and presence and absence steadily begin to collapse.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
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  • The clean demarcations between recreation and reality necessary to protect his previous subjects come crumbling down in the face of a larger-than-life figure like Ryan.
    — Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026
  • There were no fences or other land-ownership demarcations on the steep slope covered by grass, stunted junipers, and large rocks.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of demarcation
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  • Benton holds a unique distinction in baseball history as the only pitcher to face both Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The distinction matters because older Claude models showed limited ability to support sophisticated biological research.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
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