- present participle of discern.
discerning
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Discerning, tender and pellucid in its beauty, this is the kind of small, perfect novel it is hard to imagine anybody not loving.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Discerning what makes rattlesnakes tick is a life’s work for researchers like William Hayes.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024
The wrongful death lawsuit filed Nov. 21 in Will County names Czuba, his wife, Mary Czuba, both of Plainfield, and their property management company, Discerning Property Management.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2023
Discerning whether life is ultimately Gaian or Medean therefore may be a matter of perspective requiring a more expansive—and interplanetary—point of view.
From Scientific American • Oct. 28, 2022
Discerning the largeness of this theme, many question whether right living can be reduced to a science, and, if so, whether it ever can be acquired as an art.
From A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character by Hillis, Newell Dwight
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