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Recent Examples of discrepant Too many protagonists with discrepant stories. Nick Newman, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025 Brands, too, could incorporate new rules into their standards in discrepant and conflicting ways, amassing more work for suppliers. Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 There, an impromptu Patriot militia, farmers, teens, craftsmen, and adventurers, discrepant in character, whipped General Burgoyne’s army and threw the Brits into a tizzy. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 4 July 2024 Review the sources used below for this article: Nat Food. Vegans, vegetarians, fish-eaters and meat-eaters in the UK show discrepant environmental impacts Cancer. Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2024 These discrepant views—these concepts of penguins—are the kind of information researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, elicited from participants in a study that was published last month. Simon Makin, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2023 The Kardashian index: a measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists. Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2014 This year would be a good time to ask, as Silver Oak turns 50, with a look back at the brand’s seemingly discrepant (but in reality, brilliant) consistency in style against a background of constant innovation. Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 22 May 2022 Their goal is to exploit the slivers of doubt and discrepant results that always exist in science in order to challenge the consensus views of scientific experts. Mano Singham, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discrepant
Adjective
  • These are two starkly conflicting therapeutic pieces of advice.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The tallest sediment stack The mystery of Mars’ missing carbon stems from two seemingly conflicting results.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Even so, the practice of choosing a papal name remained inconsistent for the next 1,000 years, with most popes using their baptismal names.
    Christopher Watson, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
  • After an inconsistent first half of the season, manager Unai Emery has found a way of tinkering with Villa’s line-up and still winning.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Discrepant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discrepant. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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