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Recent Examples of discernibly
Although something is discernibly missing—the sound of music.
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Anna Haines, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
There are no star turns, no parts that are discernibly meatier, no actor without a fully dimensional character to play, irrespective of their screen time.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Anna Haines, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
There are no star turns, no parts that are discernibly meatier, no actor without a fully dimensional character to play, irrespective of their screen time.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discernibly
Adverb
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The majority of nights out in Taipei, my group was driven to distinctly non-Taiwanese restaurants — a Moroccan joint, a Japanese buffet, a Persian eatery, etc.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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As a reminder, pot still whiskey is a distinctly Irish category that is made on a pot still from a mashbill of malted and unmalted barley, while grain whiskey incorporates other cereal grains besides barley into the recipe.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The school was clearly labeled as such in online maps and has an easily accessible website full of information about students, teachers and administrators.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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Offensively, the Cowboys were clearly comfortable seeing TCU’s style of defense for a third time.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Public funding in Kansas The emotion about keeping the Royals in Missouri has perceptibly changed in the last 10 days.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
1 Jan. 2026
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After trying out a shot in the fourth episode in which Kim smiled, barely perceptibly, while watching Jimmy pull off a stunt, the creators settled into the idea that her character wasn’t a scold but was turned on by Jimmy’s shenanigans — and could be a surprising and active ally.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
15 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Put plainly, every Democratic candidate of color was left out.—
Matt Klink,
Oc Register,
17 Mar. 2026
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The broader ambition — connecting TIFF’s programming function, TIFFCOM’s market function and Film Frontier’s talent development function into a single coherent system — is something Ikeda states plainly.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Discernibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discernibly. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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