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  • noun Plural form of discrepancy.

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Examples

  • Freshwater was referring to what he characterized as discrepancies in some materials that allegedly came from his science classroom.

    Freshwater: Board members, and the black bag - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • Workers downed tools on Monday morning over what they described as discrepancies in pay rises.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Metal workers at the plant began the strike on Monday over what they described as discrepancies in pay rises.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Workers downed tools on Monday morning over what they described as discrepancies in pay rises.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • The directors hired Mr. Apotheker, who had earlier been fired as a co-chief executive of SAP, a major business software maker, to replace Mark V. Hurd, whom the board had fired over what it characterized as discrepancies in his expense reporting.

    NYT > Home Page By QUENTIN HARDY 2011

  • The directors hired Mr. Apotheker, who had earlier been fired as a co-chief executive of SAP, a major business software maker, to replace Mark V. Hurd, whom the board had fired over what it characterized as discrepancies in his expense reporting.

    NYT > Home Page By QUENTIN HARDY 2011

  • Hours before Spectrum and its local partner, Vanquish wine merchants, were due to accept bids at a sale room in the Mandarin Oriental hotel, they released a statement saying they were withdrawing 13 lots from the auction, including a number of bottles with the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti label, due to "apparent label discrepancies."

    How to Be Sure the Wine Matches the Label Will Lyons 2012

  • Though advertised as the most faithful film adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel, Branagh's film nonetheless featured significant discrepancies from the book, as well as homages to previous films, in turning a reconstructed and resurrected Elizabeth into the "Bride of Frankenstein."

    Frankenstein, 1994 2010

  • Devoted GI Joe fans will most likely not be disappointed with the exception of some visual discrepancies from the source material.

    G.I. JOE: Rise of Cobra REVIEW « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009

  • Spectrum Wine Auctions Spectrum withdrew a number of bottles with the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti label from its London auction last week, due to "apparent label discrepancies."

    How to Be Sure the Wine Matches the Label Will Lyons 2012

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