as in else
in a different way
we do things differently around here
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Recent Examples of differently
The hair perfume will start to smell differently than it was originally intended as the ingredients of the hair perfume break down.
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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
Unsurprisingly, the Dodgers saw things differently.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
The situation could have ended much differently if not for the expertise of the firefighters, who had recently practiced using the band saws.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
But for them, the only reason to be in business was to do business differently.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
Unsurprisingly, the Dodgers saw things differently.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
The situation could have ended much differently if not for the expertise of the firefighters, who had recently practiced using the band saws.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
But for them, the only reason to be in business was to do business differently.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for differently
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“Differently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differently. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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