How to Use distinction in a Sentence

distinction

noun
  • He was raised in a small town of no great distinction.
  • Her talents gave distinction to the work.
  • There are no obvious distinctions between the two designs.
  • But her mom felt hurt by that distinction.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • There is right and wrong, and the distinction here is very clear.
    — Gil Mandelzis, Fortune, 4 May 2024
  • Tell me more about the brand’s point of distinction.
    — Kayla Greaves, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
  • That’s nine straight games with such a distinction.
    — Alex Zietlow november 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Each one made new by its distinction from the next, not last.
    — Jana Prikryl, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • That distinction is the whole game.
    — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • That sounds like a small distinction.
    — Louis Mosca, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Austin then drew a crucial distinction about how speech acts can fail.
    — Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
  • That distinction is about to matter a great deal.
    — Kyle P. Edmonds, STAT, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Who was the last rusher to earn the distinction?
    — Melinda Yao, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Again, though, a key distinction is that this was a case report and not a study.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 May 2022
  • That distinction used to matter a lot more.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
  • But they can be found in many a malt that doesn’t warrant world-class distinction.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes, 25 June 2022
  • There’s a very clear distinction between the two.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The distinction in this race is simple.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • That distinction has gotten a bit lost.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • And not all data earns that distinction.
    — Rob Fauber, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • This distinction is at the heart of the debate, and too often it gets lost.
    — Catherine Thorbecke, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Or close enough to all of it that the distinction hardly matters.
    — New Atlas, 23 June 2026
  • Feel free to mull over that distinction in search of a difference.
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 17 June 2022
  • For many fans, there is no distinction between the club and the area itself.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
  • My guess is that those who signed the pledge are unlikely to make fine distinctions.
    — Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The same alert also makes a key distinction for spring break planning.
    — Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Powell drew a sharp distinction between the stock of debt and its rate of growth.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • And in this space, that distinction matters.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The paper draws a sharp distinction between two types of work.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The headlines rarely make this distinction clear.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025

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