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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
differ .
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I have started a macromolecule page which provides referenced definitions of the term "macromolecule" and explains how the usage of the term differs between polymer chemistry and biology.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Likewise meant as a companion to the eBay website, the title differs from its sibling by concentrating exclusively on auctions with no bids and less than fours remaining.
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But a word resemblance is still broken if any one letter in the word differs.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Ooga-Booga (also nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award) makes us ask this trivia question: Name another poetry collection in which the second word differs from the first by only one letter (either one more, one less, or one different).
The Trivia of Book Awards : : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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But a word resemblance is still broken if any one letter in the word differs.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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In the story () function, if it is the first story seen and if the current title differs from the cached title, it rewrites the cache to the new title.
No Title 2003
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His title differs in almost every German state, but he is generally called Trade-master, or Deputy.
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie
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google cairo speech (remember that?) and search for the 1st occurrence of the word "democracy" and notice how his definition differs from that of abraham lincoln's. (and notice the entire definition is defensive, the part before was how he doesn't think non rich white folk are capable of democracy.)
latimes.com - News 2011
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Where the movie differs from the book comes with some of the characterization and some of the details in the settings.
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Where the movie differs from the book comes with some of the characterization and some of the details in the settings.
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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