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The phrase "as a distinction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to highlight a difference or a specific characteristic that sets something apart from others.
Example: "The author uses vivid imagery as a distinction to enhance the emotional impact of the story."
Alternatives: "as a difference" or "as a contrast".
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We must tread with caution, however, as a distinction must be made between global, pan-cluster regulatory mechanisms as distinct from gene-specific, local mechanisms.
Nor can it easily be simplified or treated primarily as a distinction based on skin color.
Callil wants to present this as a distinction without a difference.
Undeniably he's right in identifying prolificacy as a distinction between "popular" and "serious" literature.
Think of it as a distinction between "action liberals" and "movement liberals".
Until this week, most scholars seemed to think this would be treated by the justices as a distinction without any special significance.
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Actually, I don't think there's as clear a distinction as Dillow suggests, but I do see what he's talking about.
The algorithm tries to find as good a distinction as possible between active compounds and others, on the basis of a set of molecular descriptors.
Elster does not draw as sharp a distinction as he might have between the commitment to methodological individualism and the commitment to rational choice theory.
"Among audiences, there just isn't as much of a distinction as there used to be," said Jonathan Pollard, a producer.
Few singers these days make as strong a distinction as she does between those two aspects of a career.
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