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  • He would add some destinctive flavor to the bench.

    Obama meets with Supreme Court candidate 2010

  • A non-white who speaks like Obama will invariably be treated differently than one who speaks with a destinctive minority accent or dialect.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Language as Social Signal: 2007

  • One was this blue Subaru which had been done up but I couldnt tell what make or anything because the guy had removed all the logos and everything and the only way I could tell it was a Subaru was by the destinctive shape. oooooh!

    sierrazen Diary Entry sierrazen 2003

  • Within each district are, as already described, a large number of tribes occupying sub-districts, closely connected like the cells of a honey-comb, but each with its destinctive manners and customs and irregular military forces, in no instance numbering less than 6,000 men, and often twice that number, divided about equally into horse and foot.

    Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute Theo. F. Rodenbough

  • A little further along the Suffolk coast, the Balancing Barn is an equally destinctive destination.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • superb syrup mouthfeel. destinctive palate of raisin, toasted walnut, carmel and coffee.

    CellarTracker Tasting Notes (all notes) 2010

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