distinguishable

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Recent Examples of distinguishable The structure of Pittsburgh’s tax, which involves applying a different rate to nonresidents, is distinguishable from many other such taxes, which typically apply the same rate to visiting players. Robert Raiola, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2025 The 300-second exposure shows the wandering solar system body as a minute dot, barely distinguishable among the stellar giants populating the distant starfield beyond. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025 His distinguishable look, punctuated by a large black beard, became iconic. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025 Critically, the ancient teeth from betel nut chewers are distinguishable because of red staining. Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025 Both Buc-ee's and Wawa feature distinguishable mascots. Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025 The results show that Shiftly can create distinguishable feedback for different shape categories (flat, edge, convex), and that participants could also distinguish between the two configurations within each category. IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distinguishable
Adjective
  • If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • His phone rang, an audible vibration inside the fanny pack.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Businesses also use VPNs to keep their proprietary information and data on a single server, especially if workers are spread out among different offices, according to developer platform Cloudflare.
    Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Unfortunately, the offensive line that has done well in the first four weeks of the season is set to look far different in Week 5, which Cowboys fans learned in the team's injury report released on Friday.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • There was a noticeable gap between Ocean dropping his studio debut Channel Orange in 2012 and his 2016 album releases Endless and Blonde — and fans noticed.
    Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The last two words, something Redick said the Lakers needed to be in after the team lost in five games to the Minnesota Timberwolves during last year’s playoffs, has been the most noticeable priority shift in the earliest days of training camp.
    Dan Woike, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The ground floor is home to the offices of creative director Gherardo Felloni and longtime brand ambassador Inès de la Fressange; the Salon de l’Héritage, an exhibition space and the Salon Vivier reception room, which reflects the distinctive interior design taste of the house’s founder.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • From the modernist, Black figuration of Kwami’s ceramics to Abban’s documentary portrayals of Ghanaian protest movements and architecture, these artists responded to the distinctive, pedestrian layers of postcolonial life.
    Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Our latest podcast on the maddening world of West Ham United — an outfit with no discernible vision or direction — is a very good listen.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • However, Do was not willing to share a resume with our editorial board and his LinkedIn profile mentions companies that have no discernible online presence.
    Mercury News Editorial, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Armenia was another new sourcing showcase, with an offer of 11 manufacturers of diverse profiles, from sportswear to outerwear.
    Ellen Groves, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Taiwan president Lai Ching-te promised to honor the referendum result while focusing on diverse energy sources.
    Yu-Tzu Chiu, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The hydrogen atoms in the exosphere generate a faint glow called the geocorona, which is only detectable in ultraviolet light at great distances.
    Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have used a massive UK Biobank dataset analysis to identify that fat distribution, not just overall size, maps to distinct changes in brain structure and connectivity.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The park encompasses 134 miles of that stretch and is divided into 13 distinct sections.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Distinguishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distinguishable. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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