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Plural
discrepancies
1
a lack of similarity between facts, reports, claims, or other things that are supposed to be alike
- The audit revealed a significant discrepancy between the reported revenue and the actual sales figures.
- There was a glaring discrepancy in the witness statements, which made the case harder to resolve.
- The scientist couldn't explain the discrepancy between the experimental results and the theoretical predictions.
- The discrepancy in their travel expense reports raised questions about the accuracy of their claims.
- Despite being based on the same data, there was a noticeable discrepancy between the two researchers' conclusions.
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