discrepancy

In a sentence

Six example sentences with discrepancy, each labelled with its topic.

• The auditor found a discrepancy of eleven thousand pounds between the sales ledger and the deposits reaching the bank.

  Finance

• Two labs measured the same particle and reported a discrepancy large enough that neither result could simply be averaged away.

  Science

• A discrepancy between the drawings and the poured foundation left the stair landing sitting forty millimeters below the finished floor.

  Architecture

• There is a persistent discrepancy between what one country reports exporting and what its trading partner records receiving.

  Economics

• A discrepancy between the scorer's table and the broadcast graphic left fans arguing over whether the guard had thirty points or twenty-eight.

  Basketball

• The study found a wide discrepancy between how much exercise people said they did and what their step counters recorded.

  Psychology

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