How to Use distinction in a Sentence

distinction

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  • 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.
  • The last time the Sunshine State earned the distinction was in 1957.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2022
  • There is right and wrong, and the distinction here is very clear.
    — Gil Mandelzis, Fortune, 4 May 2024
  • Right now, the Knicks hover on the edge of that distinction.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2025
  • For the past three decades, Ukraine has achieved a dismal distinction.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Apr. 2023
  • For many fans, there is no distinction between the club and the area itself.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
  • That distinction goes to the Falls Fire, burning near Burns.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2024
  • From the start, though, the film seems to miss those cultural distinctions.
    — Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
  • And so there is no distinction between the outer-ness and the inner-ness.
    — Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The distinction lies in the fact that the mechanism still fires one shot for every pull of the trigger.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Byrd might have finished the night with that distinction.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Minecraft already has the distinction of being the bestselling video game of all time.
    — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2023
  • March's full moon also has the distinction of being the Lenten Moon, which comes before the spring equinox on March 20.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Under the law, there can be no distinction between whites and Blacks.
    — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Finebaum, on the other hand, contends Kirby Smart’s team has done more than enough to earn the distinction as best in the land.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 11 Jan. 2023
  • On the Whataburger menu, a less traditional form of the taquito holds a place of distinction.
    — Bryan Washington, New York Times, 7 June 2023
  • In Las Vegas, the distinction could not have been clearer.
    — Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • First, the obvious distinction: The two dances come at different times of the year.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 24 May 2023
  • To me, this distinction is at the crux of understanding true self-care.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 13 Nov. 2023
  • This month, one more distinction will grace the arc of Holman’s career.
    — Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Don't let the PG rating on the poster fool you, this classic creature feature led to the creation of the PG-13 distinction.
    — Huntley Woods, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The distinction between the main body and the shadow becomes blurry in the book, which broadened its scope of the story.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Like Kylie Jenner, Williams is drawing a distinction between the needle and the knife.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 31 July 2023
  • The flip side is, the distinction between the performance of music and the creation of music is a very thin line.
    — Lily Moayeri, Variety, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Instead, that distinction falls to Canyon del Oro, who will take on Saguaro on Tuesday.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2023
  • In no country on earth can the line of distinction ever be marked so boldly . . .
    — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
  • This might seem like a nitpicky distinction for a series that NBC is clearly hoping will run for years to come.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
  • In the last few years, Poland’s capital city has Michelin distinctions piling up due to a food scene that’s both dynamic and design-forward.
    — Lanee Lee, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025

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