contradistinguishing

Definition of contradistinguishingnext
present participle of contradistinguish
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Verb
  • Known as Senate Bill 5, the wide-ranging, 71-page bill would create oversight committees, adopt workforce development programs and attempt to prevent AI from discriminating in hiring and sorting through resumes in the employment process.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026
  • The principle that the court decided the case upon today is that government should not be discriminating based on race.
    Jack Fink, CBS News, 3 May 2026
Verb
  • While the uses and gratifications model is basically an individual (or user)-centered model, MSD theory, first developed by Sandra Ball-Rokeach and Melvin DeFleur in 1976, goes further in differentiating the microlevels of interaction in relation to audiences and social groups.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • The biggest differentiating factor was the use of an agent harness, a piece of code that wraps around an LLM to guide it through a series of specific tasks.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • Raman and Pratt are right in deeming Bass the old guard of a beat-up city — but the old guard didn’t get there without knowing how to win.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • Instead, Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division did little to confront the problem despite knowing about it for years, an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Associated Press and FRONTLINE (PBS) has found.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • The basement spa is a favorite among discerning locals, especially its facials.
    Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 7 May 2026
  • What was once purely functional, is now a small detail that carries weight for those with a discerning eye.
    Angela Tafoya, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • Since Ganymede likely hides a vast ocean beneath its ice shell, understanding how its magnetic field survives could offer clues about potentially habitable environments elsewhere in the solar system.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
  • Because your husband is having trouble understanding that being alone in the house for extended periods isn’t good for your mental health (or physical health for that matter), perhaps your doctor can explain it to him.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
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“Contradistinguishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contradistinguishing. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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