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"making up the difference" is correct and usable in written English.
In this phrase, "the difference" refers to some sort of gap between two people, two situations, or two amounts. For example, you could say: "The company offered me a salary that didn't meet my expectations, but they agreed to make up the difference in benefits."
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Really, vegetable or vegetation should be more like 75%, with meat at 10-15% and fruit and grains (if grains at all) making up the difference.
The bank says it is making up the difference.
Target, based in Minneapolis, is also making up the difference in pay for its workers.
Mr. Edelman predicted that Ms. Stewart-Cousins would have a hard time making up the difference.
But what surprised scientists was how much groundwater had been making up the difference.
But Russia, on the other hand, may be making up the difference.
Middle-class families one way or another are making up the difference.
Most firms invest more cash than they earn, making up the difference by issuing bonds.
But spending cuts at the national level exceeded expectations, making up the difference.
"It's the homeowners who end up making up the difference in higher property taxes".
Outside groups have gone a long way toward making up the difference.
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