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accused of discriminating practices in the hiring of employees a discriminating feature of poison ivy is a compound leaf with three mitten-shaped leaflets

Recent Examples on the Web Sound quality matters less, although my 7-year-old has become more discriminating. — Wired, 23 Feb. 2022 In terms of larval/caterpillar host plants, butterflies are more discriminating. — oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2021 The antibodies are therefore more discriminating, less likely to fire in error—to be triggered by a criminal cousin. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2021 In a related paper published in the same issue of Nature Fratzl acknowledges the sensor’s impressive level of sensitivity but calls for a more discriminating device that can better distinguish the most important vibrations from distracting noise. — Joshua A. Krisch, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2014 Her hauteur was above all else, non-discriminating. — Callahan Tormey, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2020 As the discriminator becomes more discriminating, the generative network gets trained to make photos that look more and more realistic. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 19 Nov. 2020 Still, if Biden pulls through, voters can expect a much more discriminating debate about the economic impact of his policies than there has been these last four years about Trump’s. — David Banks, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020 Either Fring knows about Lalo’s super discriminating nostrils or there is a spy in the House of Salamanca. — David Segal, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2020 See More

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