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Recent Examples of discrepancy Our third finding helps explain this discrepancy. 3. Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025 Multiple international bodies help mediate those discrepancies, including the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025 Conservative commentators have argued that governance issues, including house prices and crime, between red and blue states cause the discrepancy. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025 Some journalists basically transcribed this without questioning the obvious discrepancy between her statement and the CDC website, which said vaccines merely reduce the risk of transmission. Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for discrepancy 

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