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Meanings of make a distinction in English

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Usage of make a distinction in English
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The IGFA refused to make a distinction between natural and GM fish.
Wired
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He sounds proud for having finally been able to make a distinction.
Bird Box
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Then we must make a distinction between general tail and special tail.
The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
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But if the consequences are not foreseen, we must make a distinction.
Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
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But there are Americans who make a distinction between rank and blood.
A Little Journey in the World
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And it strives to make a distinction between wasta and straight-up bribery.
Wired
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Some make a distinction between Labour at the national level, and Scottish Labour.
The Guardian
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It's important to make a distinction between the two, Makepeace added.
Reuters
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Leahy had told me to make a distinction between productive and unproductive worries.
The Guardian
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Why are we so afraid to make a distinction between art and entertainment?
The Guardian
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I am so foolish as to make a distinction between Crampas and Gieshübler.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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At Dyson we don't make a distinction between engineers and designers.
BBC
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Today's business users tend not to make a distinction between business and personal technology.
Reuters
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We must make a distinction between natural and spiritual death.
Gathering Jewels / The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam o...
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The mountaineers make a distinction between summer and winter avalanches.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 / Germany, Austria-H...
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But even you make a distinction between friend and enemy.
Paths not taken
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