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Recent Examples of discern In the absence of clear answers from the company, creators have struggled to discern how much of their pain is due to AI Overviews and how much is due to other changes in search. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025 The onboard chef designs menus for discerning palates, while the mixologist presents craft cocktails that reflect your personal taste. Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 While the buffer zone can be clearly seen in satellite imagery, its perimeter can be hard to discern on the ground and multiple Palestinians have been shot for entering the area, according to the testimonial of Israeli soldiers to Breaking the Silence and Palestinians in Gaza. Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025 Snowy shots are very bright while keeping highlight details intact, so falling snow and clouds can be discerned against white skies. Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for discern
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discern
Verb
  • Turn Overcoming Fear Into A Daily Game Make it into a game to notice your vulnerabilities and find your courage.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • After his College Hill debut, his skin cleared up and people noticed.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 24 Apr. 2025
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  • Personal attention and privacy are what differentiate Oberoi, as the property boasts their own private boat for excursions.
    Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • The first is the idea that Vesta may have begun the melting process that would have differentiated it into distinct layers—but never finished.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • How to help people process, understand and live with this to the best of their ability is really the key to having the best quality of life.
    Michelle Riba, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
  • And of course, there’s the need to understand and report on any unexpected and game-changing social media post from the White House.
    Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • From New York to Hollywood and everywhere in between, see what your favorite stars are up to Comments Stars have been everywhere this week.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Sey, who saw an opening in the market for a brand that speaks out on behalf of females everywhere, noted that no other athletic label is doing what XX-XY Athletics sets out to accomplish.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2025
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  • The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s letter noted that the one-year term of vehicle leases is often the result of state statutes or rules that distinguish a vehicle lease from a rental for sales tax purposes and set the minimum term for a lease at one year.
    Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Loveland’s ability to separate from defenders is what distinguished him.
    Adam Jahns, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Martha Stewart previously slammed former friend Ina Garten The lifestyle maven is known to cook up beef with fellow lifestyle brand competitors, including taking aim at former friend Ina Garten in September.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Unfortunately, Seong-je knows no loyalty, and agrees to beat up Si-eun for Baek-jin on the morning of the fight.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Notably, one is the worker who spotted the tendrils in the pipes but didn’t have the opportunity to share that update with anyone.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Abby went out to take watch and spotted two people on horseback, later revealed to be Joel and Dina, who had gone out early on patrol together.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The generous release of Tahoe 100M is a potential turning point for deciphering cancer vulnerabilities at scale and can trigger an open-source data sharing momentum in cancer research.
    Amelia Palermo, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The Dallas Cowboys are one of those teams deciphering between the talents in the final stack of players, as owner and general manager Jerry Jones said on Tuesday that this is the latest that the team has ever gone without having their board in place.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Discern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discern. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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