nothing to choose between

phrase

effectively no difference between

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Meanings

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  1. effectively no difference between

    A natural consequence of this view is sheer agnosticism or scepticism: if a news story is totally balanced, there is nothing to choose between the two positions.

    2012, Communicating Risks to the Public: International Perspectives, page 169
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    It seems to me that there is nothing to choose between the two men, and, that cases may be put in which reckless indifference to the fate of a person intentionally subjected to deadly injury is, if possible, morally worse than an actual intent to kill.

    1883, James Fitzjames Stephen, A History of the Criminal Law of England
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