How to Use distinction in a Sentence
distinction
noun
- He was raised in a small town of no great distinction.
- Her talents gave distinction to the work.
- There are no obvious distinctions between the two designs.
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There is right and wrong, and the distinction here is very clear.
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Gil Mandelzis,
Fortune,
4 May 2024
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For the past three decades, Ukraine has achieved a dismal distinction.
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Scott Peterson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
6 Apr. 2023
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That distinction goes to the Falls Fire, burning near Burns.
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Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
15 July 2024
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And so there is no distinction between the outer-ness and the inner-ness.
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Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo,
Quartz,
19 Mar. 2024
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The distinction lies in the fact that the mechanism still fires one shot for every pull of the trigger.
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Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
15 Apr. 2023
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Minecraft already has the distinction of being the bestselling video game of all time.
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Ash Parrish,
The Verge,
15 Oct. 2023
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March's full moon also has the distinction of being the Lenten Moon, which comes before the spring equinox on March 20.
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Aliza Chasan,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2023
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Under the law, there can be no distinction between whites and Blacks.
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Anna Deavere Smith,
The Atlantic,
13 Nov. 2023
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On the Whataburger menu, a less traditional form of the taquito holds a place of distinction.
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Bryan Washington,
New York Times,
7 June 2023
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In Las Vegas, the distinction could not have been clearer.
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Jenna Wortham,
New York Times,
27 Sep. 2023
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First, the obvious distinction: The two dances come at different times of the year.
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Carolyn Twersky,
Seventeen,
24 May 2023
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To me, this distinction is at the crux of understanding true self-care.
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Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
refinery29.com,
13 Nov. 2023
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This month, one more distinction will grace the arc of Holman’s career.
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Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2023
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The distinction between the main body and the shadow becomes blurry in the book, which broadened its scope of the story.
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Mari Yamaguchi,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2023
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Like Kylie Jenner, Williams is drawing a distinction between the needle and the knife.
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Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
31 July 2023
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The flip side is, the distinction between the performance of music and the creation of music is a very thin line.
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Lily Moayeri,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2023
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Instead, that distinction falls to Canyon del Oro, who will take on Saguaro on Tuesday.
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Theo MacKie,
The Arizona Republic,
9 May 2023
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Fernandez earned that distinction by a wide margin with 31% of the vote.
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Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Apr. 2024
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Step 1: Pay attention to the distinction between good and bad.
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Barbara Kellerman,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2024
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She’s currently tied for that distinction with Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar.
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Paul Grein,
Billboard,
30 Oct. 2024
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For many Thais — and the media here — the distinctions among various narcotics are lost.
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Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2024
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The distinctions aren't always crystal clear, and there can be overlap.
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PCMAG,
21 Mar. 2024
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The striking coupe also has the distinction of having once been briefly owned by Porsche itself.
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
12 May 2023
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And his argument is that candidates like you have to make a clear distinction with the front-runner.
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CBS News,
11 June 2023
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Admittedly, the distinction between the two blurs as the movie’s body count burgeons.
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Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
21 Sep. 2023
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New York earned the distinction of having the most polluted air quality of any city in the world Wednesday.
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Aya Elamroussi,
CNN,
8 June 2023
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The 29-year-old Martin has the distinction of perhaps being the second-biggest surprise free agent signing to join the Sixers this summer.
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Nina Turner,
Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2024
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