differentiation

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Recent Examples of differentiation The monolith has cracked, giving way to a market that demands differentiation. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026 In a maturing market where differentiation is increasingly difficult, deep knowledge of a specific high-loyalty demographic is a competitive advantage. Peter Su, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2026 There’s also a differentiation between stations that are fully versus partially accessible (say, one platform has an elevator but another doesn’t). Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 Mar. 2026 Sahu is blunt about the competitive differentiation. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for differentiation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for differentiation
Noun
  • Canada has been changing its citizenship laws for decades, whether to update historic interpretations of law or to address discrimination issues.
    Sarah Raza, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • DeSantis also said Wednesday that Asian Americans had faced discrimination in university admissions and that people should be judged on their merits.
    Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The research combined these approaches to create hierarchical protein-cellulose materials using phase separation—a process that allows components to self-organize into structured forms.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Still, shedding this unwanted business should make a cleaner story when Automation becomes a standalone business later this year, following the Aerospace separation.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,Morgan Chittum,Jeff Marks, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • This marks an important line of demarcation in the Bengals’ draft plan.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Viewership for the program has once again dropped below 4 million, a critical demarcation point that previously spurred alarm at the Paramount Skydance news division.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Raphael has the rare distinction of having an entire aesthetic movement named after a desire to go back to a time before him.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The biggest distinction between credit unions and banks is that credit unions are not-for-profit organizations that are owned and operated by their members, who elect a board of directors.
    Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026

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“Differentiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/differentiation. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.

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