distinction
noun
a marking off or distinguishing as different.
distinctions
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pluralof distinction.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Throughout a life in politics, he racked up offices and distinctions: state treasurer, judge, state senator and Assembly member, and the first Latino that California sent to Congress, after his governorship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
If that framework does not fully capture the underlying structure of language, systems built around it could overlook important distinctions in what people communicate.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Those distinctions impact the response to critical discussion — from the in-fighting on BookTok to the arguments on Threads.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
The elderly Douglass insisted that the country needed not new founding principles but the diligent application of those principles it already possessed without distinctions of race, sex, color or religion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Milo had been earning many distinctions for himself.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
