discerned

past tense of discern
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discerned
Verb
  • What’s new visually is what’s news here; the fact that Dead & Company are doing completely unique setlists each night — or at least completely differentiated over the course of a three-day weekend — is an old, dog-bites-man story.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Imax is hugely differentiated from at-home watching.
    Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Search For Clean, Delicious, And Nutritious Coffee As a connoisseur of brews, James understood that all across the globe, people were consistently sipping commercial grade coffees laced with harmful chemicals, pesticides and toxins.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • More Stores But it is understood that the disposal of De Beers, one way or another, will proceed, as will a plan to grow the retail arm of the business through the opening of more stores with the aim being to grow from 40 De Beers outlets today to 100 around the world.
    Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Beyond these achievements, Alex distinguished himself through his partnership with the administration.
    Olivia Antigua, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • That’s an issue because while both hemp and marijuana are cannabis plants, distinguished only by their cannabinoid content, they are regulated differently.
    Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The life-sized bronze statue was sawed off at the heels and carried away by unknown perpetrators, Novo Mesto Police Department spokeswoman Alenka Drenik Rangus confirmed to the Slovenian outlet Dnevnik.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
  • Volunteers sawed logs with kids, taught them how to pan for gold, showed off desert reptiles and even hosted an environmental magic show.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • Beach House is regarded as one of the most popular dream-pop bands.
    Jackson Hawkins, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Widely regarded as the cradle of China’s LLMs, the university has cultivated an extensive talent pool and a cadre of researchers.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • This is another great view of how early Milano recognized the play compared to his teammates.
    Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • More than 1,200 Britons have been recognized and are set to receive royal accolades for their work in a variety of industries in the 2025 honors list.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Markets like Europe and Asia’s in particular have really appreciated the sports tourer.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Mar. 2025
  • An adult/older teen home without any other pets would be appreciated.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Discerned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discerned. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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