discrepancies
Americannoun
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Yet the poll panel used a new, AI-driven process to flag what it called "logical discrepancies" in their records, treating them as doubtful voters.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Hiring managers are even more attuned to these discrepancies than they might have been pre-AI.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
They didn’t reply when I asked for an explanation of the discrepancies between the paper and the online database.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
But the police found discrepancies in his story: He claimed to have arrived after Ashaal, but local surveillance video showed him waiting for Ashaal, then trailing him in another vehicle when Ashaal drove off.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
These nature-nurture discrepancies were addressed in a 1998 book by a little-known textbook author named Judith Rich Harris.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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