as in discriminatory
favoring, applying, or being unequal treatment of different classes of people
did away with differential pay scales for men and women doing the same work
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Recent Examples of differential
The Mets own the best run differential (plus-67) in the National League.
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Tim Britton, New York Times, 12 May 2025
The Kansas City Current has scored 14 goals this season and given up just five for a plus-nine goal differential.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
Only three teams have more wins — the Dodgers (21), Mets (21) and Tigers (20) — six teams have a better run differential (+28).
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2025
As more awareness of the disease grows, a radiologist might look at a CT scan and notice a similar pattern of inflammation or swelling across multiple organ systems that put IgG4-RD into a diagnosis differential.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
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Tim Britton, New York Times, 12 May 2025
The Kansas City Current has scored 14 goals this season and given up just five for a plus-nine goal differential.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
Only three teams have more wins — the Dodgers (21), Mets (21) and Tigers (20) — six teams have a better run differential (+28).
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2025
As more awareness of the disease grows, a radiologist might look at a CT scan and notice a similar pattern of inflammation or swelling across multiple organ systems that put IgG4-RD into a diagnosis differential.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for differential
Adjective
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Jennings flatly rejected assertions that the administration hasn’t been discriminatory.—
Chris Megerian,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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Public advocacy can take many forms: supporting advocacy organizations, opposing discriminatory legislation, joining business coalitions for equality, or simply making internal statements that acknowledge current challenges.—
Aparna Rae,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Some widely circulated by partisan sources were certainly unfair to Biden.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2025
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The government argues that Google's control of Chrome, the world's most popular browser, drives traffic to its search engine and revenue to the company — which the DOJ calls an unfair advantage.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
30 May 2025
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“Differential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differential. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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