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Examples
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He looked at her; never had she seemed so alluring, so representative of what he called distinction.
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel David Graham Phillips 1889
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I had the same problem as I have with my jurors about not understanding certain distinction.
Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2004
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But without going into details, he was a charming fellow -- clever, urbane, free-handed, and with that fortunate quality in his appearance which is known as distinction.
Confidence 1879
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The society, which she drew round her, was less elegant and more vicious, than that of the Countess Lacleur: but, as she had address enough to throw a veil, though but a slight one, over the worst part of her character, she was still visited by many persons of what is called distinction.
The Mysteries of Udolpho Ann Ward Radcliffe 1793
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One honor I'm sure the Bobby Jones / Pelz wedges has which no other wedge does, is the "three name distinction."
Hooked On Golf Blog 2008
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a slight one, over the worst part of her character, she was still visited by many persons of what is called distinction.
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Bonfils is really in a league of his own, and deserves this kind of distinction.
Archive 2009-03-15 2009
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They're trying to establish some kind of distinction.
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They're trying to establish some kind of distinction.
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They're trying to establish some kind of distinction.
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